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**HL English Paper 2 Before/After **
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My teacher is one of the supervising examiners in the country, and she's always told us that you can get full marks from writing an answer on two poems as long as you answer the question backing up your points with quotations etc. so yeah, it's definitely not necessary to write about 5 or 6
Personally, I usually only talk about three...especially with the likes of Shakespeare because his poems more or less say the same thing! 0 -
My teacher is one of the supervising examiners in the country, and she's always told us that you can get full marks from writing an answer on two poems as long as you answer the question backing up your points with quotations etc. so yeah, it's definitely not necessary to write about 5 or 6 Personally, I usually only talk about three...especially with the likes of Shakespeare because his poems more or less say the same thing!
Theoretically. If you're amazing at English. The reason people are advised against doing it poem by poem is that you have a high chance of falling into the trap of summarising the poems and not answering the question properly.0 -
Prodigious wrote: »Theoretically. If you're amazing at English. The reason people are advised against doing it poem by poem is that you have a high chance of falling into the trap of summarising the poems and not answering the question properly.
Funny you should say that because my teacher said that I don't summarise them enough! :P He said you can't assume the examiner knows the poem (even though they do) and you should have a one sentence overview of each poem you study 0 -
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Deleted User wrote: »Funny you should say that because my teacher said that I don't summarise them enough! :P He said you can't assume the examiner knows the poem (even though they do) and you should have a one sentence overview of each poem you study
That contradicts everything I've ever been told. :eek: We were always told to assume they do know the poem as they're teachers, and only to use what's relevant to the question.
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That contradicts everything I've ever been told. :eek: We were always told to assume they do know the poem as they're teachers, and only to use what's relevant to the question.
Perhaps, I'm misunderstanding but I would agree that you do assume the examiner knows the poems, that should not stop you from outlining the main themes of the poem you are speaking about, which some might call a summary I suppose, at least that's what I'll be doing.0 -
That contradicts everything I've ever been told. :eek: We were always told to assume they do know the poem as they're teachers, and only to use what's relevant to the question.
I think it's more of "assume they don't know the poem by name" sort of thing. For example, "In Child, Plath discusses how she feels inadequate to provide fir her child" And then the examiner would be like "Oh yes, I know that one" Like a conversation maybe?
He just said a brief one sentence overview contextualises your discussion. (If doing poem by poem of course)0 -
Oh right yeah I'm doing theme by theme anyway (probably, question-dependent) and summarising the poems would make it all a bit messy I think, yeah that makes sense for poem by poem.
Although if I should be doing it while doing theme by theme now's the time to tell me! :P 0 -
Oh right yeah I'm doing theme by theme anyway (probably, question-dependent) and summarising the poems would make it all a bit messy I think, yeah that makes sense for poem by poem. Although if I should be doing it while doing theme by theme now's the time to tell me! :P
Never done it that way but I'd assume it'd be very messy and you wouldn't do it.0 -
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I know it is a bit late but just a word of advice; do not go into that exam hall with just one poet. If you are, then go look over another poet who is likely to come up and learn some quotes! I went into the exam last year knowing only Plath and was royally screwed over (albeit I only wanted to pass English but ended up with exactly 70% - a B3). However, I did know 3 of Rich's poems off by heart because I learned them in September when I was still enthusiastic and was able to make some attempt and got 24/50 from 2.5 pages of the worst essay I have ever written! It was the difference between a C2 and B3! :P So whatever you do, do not leave that question blank and make some kind of attempt. Just make sure the quotes you use are right and you got the name of them poems that you are referring to right and refer back to the question all the time! If you are desperate, be blunt like I was but atleast you will get some marks!
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fishmahboi wrote: »That's what I mean, if you have trouble remembering quotes you can just make references to certain occurrences in those scenes that are relevant to the point that you are making in your essay about Macbeth.
Ah perfect then, thanks. 0 -
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ladymacbeth wrote: »• Nice Macbeth Q on his character or his ambition
• Cultural Context
• Plath or Mahon
Now if this happens, somebody is DEFINATELY looking out for me up there!!!!!
not duncan anyway 0 -
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