**Higher Level English Paper 2 2012 - Before/After

qwertyuop

fizzyorange wrote: »

Jesus christ. Your poet didn't come up. It was a bad day. Suck it up. You didn't have a "mental breakdown". If you had a mental breakdown you wouldn't be posting on boards.

God I hate overly dramatic people, there is so much worse in life that could happen to you and you complain and moan over an effing exam...ridiculous.

Sorry, I've been accustomed to dramatic writing these past few days. Preparation for Paper 1 and such.

Wesc.

Chuchoter wrote: »

I'm liking Pleaney :P We should call this 'The Pleaney Incident'

Pleaney gate. :pac:

pinkapple18

EducationFinder wrote: »

I basicially said his madness was fansiating because of his other characterics

I said how not only are the audience fascinated with his madness, but the other characters are too...etc Gertrude..extremely bizzare question...WHO WAS BANKING ON LARKIN?? YEEAHH BUUDDYY

padocon

What did you think was the beautiful lie?

rkeano5

Studied 4 poets. I should be so lucky, eh? None of them.

Just so pissed off at myself atm.

Killian In The Name Of

Dapics wrote: »

Did No one find the GV+V questions horrible????

Brutal!

Cruel Sun

padocon wrote: »

What did you think was the beautiful lie?

That Heaney and Plath would be on the paper.

Namlub

I'm loling reading the first few pages of this thread, how young and naive we were

SellingJuan

Literary Genre was the nicest question I have seen in years...

degausserxo

padocon wrote: »

What did you think was the beautiful lie?

OH BEYONCE BEYONCE

bobjimmy

rkeano5 wrote: »

Studied 4 poets. I should be so lucky, eh? None of them.

Just so pissed off at myself atm.

Are you Serious??

degausserxo

padocon wrote: »

degausserxo

To those who didn't end up with a good poetry essay: you'll be fine. Last time I did the LC, I ran out of time, didn't touch the comparative question and came out with an a2.Don't worry about it!

If you didnt do the comparative your down 17.5 percent, how did you get an A?

Well, when I say I didn't touch it, I didn't do the essay. Wrote three or four bullet points saying what I would have written. And I got full marks in everything else.

Bears and Vodka

degausserxo wrote: »

OH BEYONCE BEYONCE

Was half tempted to mention that.

But then I changed my mind and said it's a beautiful lie cos the lie is innocent and even kinda cute. I'm too soft altogether.

Cruel Sun

Namlub wrote: »

I'm loling reading the first few pages of this thread, how young and naive we were

I entered that exam hall a boy, but I left it, a man.

padocon

degausserxo wrote: »

OH BEYONCE BEYONCE

How can you get an A if you don't do the comparative, you cant.

leaveiton

padocon wrote: »

What did you think was the beautiful lie?

I waffled on for ages about that. Said that the poet seems to embrace lying as it forms a basis for a storytelling, and said that it makes things more beautiful like when she lied about the screen of sweet peas. My unseen was awful :pac:

OneOfThem Stumbled

errlloyd wrote: »

"Hamlets madness be it genuine or not adds to the fascination of the audience toward his character"

Seems grand.

I think it sounds tough enough actually!

I predict people will lose marks mainly in relation to the "fascination of the audience" part of that question, and also concerning the methods employed by Shakespeare in conveying corruption in the other question.

Way to easy to just say: Hamlet was/was not mad because a,b,c.
Or: there is corruption in the play as can be seen at a,b,c.
And not actually properly address either question....

Kelix

rkeano5 wrote: »

Studied 4 poets. I should be so lucky, eh? None of them.

Just so pissed off at myself atm.

for real? :eek:

degausserxo

padocon wrote: »

degausserxo wrote: »

OH BEYONCE BEYONCE

How can you get an A if you don't do the comparative, you cant.

.. I just answered you

That Handsome Devil

Rich, first choice poet
GV+V, didn't think it was all that awful. Maybe I messed it up though! Hamlet - madness, wasn't going near that nasty Q2. Unseen poem was relatively handy.

Comp - 2700 words
Poetry - 1900 words
Hamlet - 1700 words
Unseen Poem (20 mark q) - 600 words

Oh, and I type my leaving.

pinkapple18

rkeano5 wrote: »

Studied 4 poets. I should be so lucky, eh? None of them.

Just so pissed off at myself atm.

Learn't one...Larkin...don't worry..nearly everyone in my year was hysterically crying and didn't even attempt it..did you attempt it?

BellaVerita

diarmo06 wrote: »

You must absolutely be punching yourself if you didn't do it:L

Not punching myself because I did do it.

Kelix

OneOfThem Stumbled wrote: »

I think it sounds tough enough actually!

I predict people will lose marks mainly in relation to the "fascination of the audience" part of that question, and also concerning the methods employed by Shakespeare in conveying corruption in the other question.

Way to easy to just say: Hamlet was/was not mad because a,b,c.
Or: there is corruption in the play as can be seen at a,b,c.
And not actually properly address either question....

It was actually easy to tie in. I just did the general is Hamlet mad is he not essay and kept tying it in with how that would be fascinating to watch. Grand.

OneOfThem Stumbled

padocon wrote: »

What did you think was the beautiful lie?

Kelix

That Handsome Devil wrote: »

Rich, first choice poet
GV+V, didn't think it was all that awful. Maybe I messed it up though! Hamlet - madness, wasn't going near that nasty Q2. Unseen poem was relatively handy.

Comp - 2700 words
Poetry - 1900 words
Hamlet - 1700 words
Unseen Poem (20 mark q) - 600 words

you had time to count the words you wrote? I understand counting pages like I did, 20 pages, but...the words

waiting4

degausserxo wrote: »

To those who didn't end up with a good poetry essay: you'll be fine. Last time I did the LC, I ran out of time, didn't touch the comparative question and came out with an a2.

but the comparatives worth 17 % of ur over all gradehow could u get an a2 if the max u cud have gotten is 83%

iluvgreenday246

padocon wrote: »

What did you think was the beautiful lie?

Tbh what was running through my head the whole time was that the kid took a dump behind the screen. Was the first thing that came into my head....

mcpaddington

Kelix wrote: »

That Handsome Devil wrote: »

Rich, first choice poet
GV+V, didn't think it was all that awful. Maybe I messed it up though! Hamlet - madness, wasn't going near that nasty Q2. Unseen poem was relatively handy.

Comp - 2700 words
Poetry - 1900 words
Hamlet - 1700 words
Unseen Poem (20 mark q) - 600 words

you had time to count the words you wrote? I understand counting pages like I did, 20 pages, but...the words

It's probably a guesstimation.

degausserxo

waiting4 wrote: »

degausserxo wrote: »

To those who didn't end up with a good poetry essay: you'll be fine. Last time I did the LC, I ran out of time, didn't touch the comparative question and came out with an a2.

but the comparatives worth 17 % of ur over all gradehow could u get an a2 if the max u cud have gotten is 83%

Read back like ten posts

PictureFrame

WestIRL wrote: »

8pages on comparitive?????? 6 pages on rich???????? really now?

Either you have MAAAAAAAAASIVE writing or...

you completely learned off excessively long handouts and didn't stop writing for one moment during the exam, simply reaming it off by heart, not taking a minute to think or actually answer the question being asked....

Firstly, don't be jealous of what others can do just because you clearly can't :rolleyes:

And no, my writing is not massive and I really don't have to explain myself to anyone like you!

Cheek!

We'll see who 'didn't take a minute to think' or 'answer the question' when I get an A1 in August..

YOLO
A1 in Englizzh