bumblebeee~

Phil2154, on May 10, 2011 - 17:29, said:

On the graph you had to find when the vapour pressure is equal to atmospheric pressure. I don't remember but i think it was around 81 or 80

bumblebeee~, on Feb 22, 2011 - 01:47, said:

Yes, you would focus on the literary devices in the descriptions of the two physical foundations. Basically you would be writing about how those literary devices intensify the image create of the foundations, and what purpose they serve for the overall book. It seems quite interesting actually.

By the way, your thesis is nice, but two problems- it is in passive voice, and you have a typo. Try to rearrange it into active voice. Always write actively Just cut out "that are" and "foreshadows" doesn't need the "s":

the two physical foundations that are established by Esteban Trueba  foreshadows the development of his character and his relationships with  his family.

Getting a 7 in HL English is actually really easy if you just go about it in the right fashion. In my honest opinion, English is a seriously over-thought subject. People invent all kinds of crazy essay structures, acronyms, themed writing tactics, and memorise reams of literary devices... but in reality, you can get a 7 just writing about it from the beginning to the end, explaining what it is that you're getting from the poetry/prose, or from your novels.

Random as it sounds, I think that if you're following a lengthy series of rules and patterns, you're trying way too hard.

All it's really about is just having a very sound understanding of what it is you're reading and be able to interpret it in a way that holds up to investigation. I often see people going "oh english is meant to be all about my interpretation but then I wrote my opinion and got told it's wrong, how the hell can you have a wrong opinion?!" (perhaps not in those words) and basically it's because a lot of people DO have interpretations that simply don't make sense and it's always because of misunderstanding as much as anything else. Kind-of like if I said "turn here", it would be equally correct to go left as to go right (interpretation), but the people who choose to interpret that by asking how the hell they can turn into a bat (aka totally misunderstand the meaning of the word 'turn') are wrong. Simple as.

I've always just sat down and written very straight-forwardly about what I see in front of me. Really, once you know what sorts of things to look for, that's all you ever have to do. If you can read something and comprehend it, then there's nothing to stop you writing except for the time limit

Personally I think there's no possible explanation other than over-thinking (or perhaps not having English as your mother tongue/main language), because even the more rubbish people in my HL English class were getting 6's and 7's -- actually people pick English because it's a doss and ups your marks. If you're taught correctly, which generally I'd say is being taught in any manner that doesn't require seriously over-thinking everything, it's a doddle. The best teachers are those who show you, through example, what to do and how to do it. Teachers who start dishing out elaborate essay 'formulas' are both over-complicating it and also missing the point.