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Leaving Cert 2014 OT v2.0 - Official Bitch & Moan thread
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15-05-2014 10:03pm#1
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randylonghorn wrote: »I guessed you would be hanging around just waiting to make the new one!
I was actually away for the past hour or so. And sure, how was I to know when you would grace us with your presence once again? :P
I think this is my first thread in this forum :pac:0 -
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I was told this would be called the "Official Bitch and Moan" thread Nim, remember?
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=90332518&postcount=9766
I know you're a man of your word, online anonymous stranger I've barely talked to.0 -
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Hotale.com wrote: »I was told this would be called the "Official Bitch and Moan" thread Nim, remember?
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=90332518&postcount=9766
I know you're a man of your word, online anonymous stranger I've barely talked to.
I post so much ****e on this, I had forgotten about that :P But yes, I did say it!
Randy, can ya make it happen? :pac:0 -
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randylonghorn wrote: »I guessed you would be hanging around just waiting to make the new one!
Welcome back r-dog :cool:0 -
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Cash flows seem to have some sort of vendetta against me, I'm convinced praying like a nun for club/service and suspense in section 2!little sis... wrote: »Just wondering for comparative, do you focus on one point at a time and compare the 3 texts in terms of that or do you compare 2 texts at a time?
How many links would you have in a 70 mark question?
Well, as someone whose highest mark comes from the comparative section (normally between 65-68/70), I'd say that the quality of your links matters so much more than the amount of links involved. I tend to talk about the three under three main points, which comes to five long paragraphs of an answer (including an intro and conclusion).
For theme/issue questions, for example, pick one common theme and try and make three statements about how the theme is put across in each of the texts.
As for how to compare the texts themselves, I tend to use one of them as the "anchor" of my essay, comparing the similarities it has with one, and highlighting the differences between both of them with the third text - sounds a bit confusing but I find it's the easiest way to do it, as opposed to making shallow links and trying to jump back and forth for the sake of including all the texts equally. You don't have to talk about them all in equal measure - the most important thing is that you don't spend a whole paragraph talking about one, then going to another paragraph and discussing the other seperately - interweave them all by sticking to your key points.
Oh, and use plenty of linking words too, just to hammer home that you're on track with your answer (X is similar to Y in that/contrastingly, Y differs from Z due to...)
Hope that's of some use to you!
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Well, as someone whose highest mark comes from the comparative section (normally between 65-68/70), I'd say that the quality of your links matters so much more than the amount of links involved. I tend to talk about the three under three main points, which comes to five long paragraphs of an answer (including an intro and conclusion).
For theme/issue questions, for example, pick one common theme and try and make three statements about how the theme is put across in each of the texts.
As for how to compare the texts themselves, I tend to use one of them as the "anchor" of my essay, comparing the similarities it has with one, and highlighting the differences between both of them with the third text - sounds a bit confusing but I find it's the easiest way to do it, as opposed to making shallow links and trying to jump back and forth for the sake of including all the texts equally. You don't have to talk about them all in equal measure - the most important thing is that you don't spend a whole paragraph talking about one, then going to another paragraph and discussing the other seperately - interweave them all by sticking to your key points.
Oh, and use plenty of linking words too, just to hammer home that you're on track with your answer (X is similar to Y in that/contrastingly, Y differs from Z due to...)
Hope that's of some use to you!
Thanks
I feel like no teacher properly explains how you are meant to lay it out because they all say different things. We were told to have at least 8 links for a 70 marker but I thought that was a bit much.
I think comparative is just very vague in general:rolleyes:0 -
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little sis... wrote: »Thanks
I feel like no teacher properly explains how you are meant to lay it out because they all say different things. We were told to have at least 8 links for a 70 marker but I thought that was a bit much.
I think comparative is just very vague in general:rolleyes:
That's completely true. A few of us asked my teacher to revise comparative but he kind of neglected to do it. Probably tried to avoid it as no one really knows what's necessary. I never really know if what I'm writing for the comparative is A1 standard or grade A shite tbh.0 -
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