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***JC 2014 English Papers - Wed. June 4th 2014 - all levels***

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    #32
    nanook5
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    The poem for me was hard to analyse because it was so short and I couldn't identify and poetic devices or anything :( I wrote short answers for all 3 in the hope of gathering some marks.I got the studied poetry done fine .

    I did the Shakespearean drama which I thought was OK but I only did 1 and a half questions of the two .

    My studied drama was good. :)

    My unseen fiction was terrible I wrote 3-6 liners for both because that is what I did last.I didn't even read the full thing :P

    My Studied novel was pretty mediocre. I did the familiar and unfamiliar question.


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    #33
    nanook5
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    coolerboy wrote: »
    I said that the boy has knowledge, is intelligent and has went through lot of events

    Our answers must be similar . I said he was creative,imaginative and smart :)


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    #34
    MissCupcake
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    nanook5 wrote: »
    Our answers must be similar . I said he was creative,imaginative and smart :)

    you used three points? It was a 10 mark q though


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    #35
    coolerboy
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    MissCupcake wrote: »
    you used three points? It was a 10 mark q though

    I put the knowledge and intelligence in one point and the adventurous events/experiences in another.


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    #36
    nanook5
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    MissCupcake wrote: »
    you used three points? It was a 10 mark q though

    The creative and imaginative was kind of one point in my answer


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    #37
    yvngceebs
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    Hope the marking scheme is adjusted for that unseen poem. Looking at twitter and facebook now and people seem to agree that it was quite difficult. It was too short of a poem, too, I think. :(

    Overall, it was a nice English exam. Paper 1 was absolutely beautiful


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    #38
    MissCupcake
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    nanook5 wrote: »
    The creative and imaginative was kind of one point in my answer

    oh haha I was like extra writing for nothing


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    #39
    nanook5
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    yvngceebs wrote: »
    Hope the marking scheme is adjusted for that unseen poem. Looking at twitter and facebook now and people seem to agree that it was quite difficult. It was too short of a poem, too, I think. :(

    Overall, it was a nice English exam. Paper 1 was absolutely beautiful

    I agree on paper one (except the reading)

    Paper 2 .....not a nice paper at all


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    #40
    koolis02
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    What was your impression of blanche?


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    #41
    smiles_1998
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    Paper 1 was grand- loved the speech in personal writing! :-D I actually thought the reading was quite interesting too although my English teacher said it was a bit too long for the reading section.

    Paper 2 was okay- what did anyone else think of the shakespearean? I thought it was hard enough to understand at first but the questions were grand. The unseen poem though...:rolleyes: it wasn't even a proper poem! It made no sense whatsoever!


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    #42
    nanook5
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    koolis02 wrote: »
    What was your impression of blanche?

    I didn't do that . I couldn't really understand her character so I did the other two


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    #43
    IrishLassie26
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    Decent papers except for the comprehension about Sherlock on paper 1... as for paper 2 it was all good except English is always tough!


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    #44
    smiles_1998
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    koolis02 wrote: »
    What was your impression of blanche?
    I said she was honest, brave and loyal...I don't even know where I got loyal from- I was trying to get the question finished in time!


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    #45
    Liordi
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    Well, said in the predictions thread I wanted to get a C. I'd be genuinely shocked if I didn't manage to get a C.

    Paper 1 went really well for me.
    Though, I feel like my essay may have let me down a bit.

    As for Paper 2, I don't think I preformed exceptionally well on the studied novel but aside from that, I'm feeling pretty good about it. :D

    Nice papers considering what could've came up.


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    #46
    VG31
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    That poem was terrible! What was it even about? :confused: Everything else was fine though, the functional writing and media studies were very nice.


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    #47
    nanook5
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    Which functional writing did ye do?

    I did the student of the year award :)


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    #48
    coolerboy
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    Paper 1- thought the reading on sherlock was incomprehensible. The personal writing was beautiful though. Media Studies and functional writing were ok.

    Paper 2- Drama,thought the Shakespeare one language was too difficult so did the other drama. Studied Stuff Was grand, except the UNSEEN POETRY how are we meant to know what that meant!

    Overrall would be happy with a B, but paper 2 might bring me down to a high C.


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    #49
    VG31
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    nanook5 wrote: »
    Which functional writing did ye do?

    I did the student of the year award :)

    I did that as well, that was easy. :)


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    #50
    MissCupcake
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    VG31 wrote: »
    I did that as well, that was easy. :)

    definitely


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    #51
    Liordi
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    VG31 wrote: »
    That poem was terrible! What was it even about? :confused: Everything else was fine though, the functional writing and media studies were very nice.

    I'm not sure if I answered it wrong or what but the poem seemed to go pretty well.
    I said that the boy appeared to be thinking constantly, had a great imagination, was intelligent and had an interest in school.
    For language, mentioned slight bit of assonance, repetitiveness gave it a good rhythm and various metaphors were used.
    Said it was optimistic because the author believed that in the future young people would still have their "heads" which would imply they'd still be able to think and have rational imaginations and that the poet talked in a positive form throughout the poem.


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    #52
    Liordi
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    nanook5 wrote: »
    Which functional writing did ye do?

    I did the student of the year award :)

    I did the one on the senior citizens. :)


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    #53
    ECM1234
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    coolerboy wrote: »
    Paper 1- thought the reading on sherlock was incomprehensible. The personal writing was beautiful though. Media Studies and functional writing were ok.

    Paper 2- Drama,thought the Shakespeare one language was too difficult so did the other drama. Studied Stuff Was grand, except the UNSEEN POETRY how are we meant to know what that meant!

    Overrall would be happy with a B, but paper 2 might bring me down to a high C.
    For the seen poetry, I did q2 and talked about dulce et decorum est and but you didn't (had to pick two poem with the same theme)


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    #54
    MissCupcake
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    who didn't finish?


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    #55
    nanook5
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    VG31 wrote: »
    I did that as well, that was easy. :)

    Yea it was good . I don't know if I talked sh*te though.

    I said my friend helps other students and got us a smoothie bar and other things while on the student council and is a loving person. :)


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    #56
    Liordi
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    MissCupcake wrote: »
    who didn't finish?

    I was genuinely surprised I managed to finish both exams.
    In the mocks; I didn't finish the essay on paper 1 and didn't answer the studied novel on paper 2.


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    #57
    MissCupcake
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    nanook5 wrote: »
    Yea it was good . I don't know if I talked sh*te though.

    I said my friend helps other students and got us a smoothie bar and other things while on the student council and is a loving person. :)

    my friend is an A grade student, a helpful good friend and does charity work


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    #58
    ECM1234
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    MissCupcake wrote: »
    who didn't finish?

    Mise paper 2 :(


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    #59
    nanook5
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    ECM1234 wrote: »
    For the seen poetry, I did q2 and talked about dulce et decorum est and but you didn't (had to pick two poem with the same theme)

    I did Dulce for Q1


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    #60
    MissCupcake
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    nanook5 wrote: »
    I did Dulce for Q1

    I was going to pick that but it wasn't 'ordinary life' as such


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    #61
    Oisin4
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    ECM1234 wrote: »
    Did 2 speeches on paper 1, was delighted with them !! :D

    Me too! I loved paper 1 but paper two was horrible :'(


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