Combined Revision Blog

 You MUST use make LOTS OF REFERENCE to what he AUTHOR/WRITER was trying to say with their writing.

 Remember, you MUST answer on SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL in BOTH sections of the exam.

 Key scenes in Gatsby   Chapter 1 – Introduction of Tom ‘Cruel body, capable of enormous leverage’ Introduction of the women, on a couch, the ‘only stationery object in the room’ and how Tom traps the wind. Gatsby reaching out to the green light (out of reach, beyond him, consumed by it)   Chapter 2 – Myrtle’s treatment of George. Ghostly semantic field, walks through him etc -            Myrtle’s arrival at the flat. ‘slice out of a cake’ ‘tapestried furniture’ ‘too big for the apartment’. -            Nick – ‘within and without’ -            Tom breaks her nose ‘with an open hand’ foreshadowing her demise and showing that there is no such thing as generosity to the lower classes. It always comes at a price.   Chapter 3 – The entire arrival at the party, but particular focus on the ‘floating round of cocktails’ metapho...

  HOW TO ANSWER SECTION B – THE BASICS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT – *You must refer to THREE of Larkin’s poems. NO MORE THAN FOUR AS A MAXIMUM. *You MUST include POETIC TERMINOLOGY as part of your essay (rhyme, metre, rhythm, enjambment, caesura etc) *You must always tell the examiner where about your quote is from (which poem, which chapter etc) Make sure you KEY WORD the question, as it is ESSENTIAL that you answer the question directly. If it says to discuss how the writers present attitudes to RELATIONSHIPS, for example, then EVERY POINT must relate back to RELATIONSHIPS. If the question is about MONEY, then every point must relate back to MONEY. It is that simple. Include the following in your intro: *Introduce ‘The Whitsun Weddings’, stating that it was written by Philip Larkin in the mid 20 th  century, and that it tackles themes such as social marginalisation and critiques societal expectations regarding relationships. *Make a sensible comment about CONTEXT (such as, ‘Larkin ...

  Here is a simple guide for answering section A THE BASICS FOR TOMORROW’S EXAM!! Your questions are on SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL. You must answer on SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL in BOTH SECTIONS OF THE EXAM! You should spend about 1hr 5 mins on SECTION A, and you should aim to write an introduction plus about SIX analytical paragraphs. You should spend about 1hr 20 on SECTION B, and you should aim to write an introduction plus about FOUR COMPARATIVE PARAGRAPHS (These will be longer than the paragraphs in section A as they are comparing two texts – Gatsby and Larkin). HOW TO ANSWER SECTION A – THE BASICS As it is unseen, carefully read everything you are told and make sure that you are confident about what its GENRE, AUDIENCE and PURPOSE are. Make sure you KEY WORD the question, as it is ESSENTIAL that you answer the question directly. If it says to discuss how the author reveals the FEARS, for example, then EVERY POINT must relate back to their FEARS. If the question is simply abou...

  The key scenes I've told you to focus on IF YOU NEED THIS LEVEL OF STRUCTURING are as follows: Keller's 'porches' monologue on P30 because it shows appearance vs reality, Keller's views on guilt and responsibility, Capitalist ideals, the failure of the American dream (that it only matters how things look), and also heavily hints to the audience that Keller will meet his downfall. Keller's 'don't make a murderer out of him' speech on Page 32 - for many of the same reasons, but also as it gets the audience to consider their own views on guilt and responsibility, and whether they might have done the same as Keller - remember, this was first performed just TWO YEARS after WWII so think how the audience would be feeling. Chris' 'loot' speech on 35-36 - Because it covers capitalism, family, loyalty, responsibility, generational tension and various other themes. Keller and Kate's 'be smart' section on Page 40 as it shows hypocrisy,...