May15 English SL A Literature paper 1

[Odifour Elton Malope]

for TZ2 any thoughts to share? I did prose..

[Shagoon.modi]

I did the prose too, ran out of time and couldn't write a conclusion

The poem seemed much more difficult to write about. 

Edited May 10, 2015 by Shagoon.modi

[Youss]

Team prose! The story was so catchy. It reminded me of those psychological thrillers with the crazy hero who makes sarcastic comments with understatements

[Isabella]

Did the prose too, I managed to follow my teacher advice but I felt like I could have written more of I could have had 10 minutes more....

[jahn97]

I did the poem, "grandma and child" i think i did okay, although walked out the exam and thought of other things I could have included! It was relatively easier to analyse than I was anticipating, so I'm hoping for a 6! 

[forlackofabettername]

I did the poem, it was relatively easier than i thought but when i got out i asked everyone how many pages they wrote and they said 6-7, while i wrote 3 and a half, so im a bit nervous about that even though i included literally everything i wanted to include. Though i forgot to mention alliteration, i did talk about the anaphora in the first few lines and the enjambment throughout the poem. it was a relatively easy poem, much easier than past years, quite easy to find the theme and idea behind it. 

[isaiguana]

I did the prose simply because I have always preferred it during my practice exams and because poetry is my weak point. I found it very interesting and good to analyze, however it was very long! Because it was so long, I was very tight with the time... But I did manage to finish, nonetheless. I just wish that we had received a shorter passage to write about as it would have been much easier to analyze it in depth within the time limit.

[Sofia.]

Those of you that did the poem, what did you make of the last line?

 

EDIT: Also, I forgot to write the name of the collection of poems and the year, will they take a lot of points off for that? I wrote the name of the author and the poem, of course. 

Edited May 9, 2015 by Sofia.

[mhelof]

I kinda wanted to to the poem because week before I did a really good commentary on a poem and felt more confident, but I didn't get everything in the poem (I am not a native English speaker, but it wasn't even about the words - the poem just didn't speak to me if you know what I mean). So, I did the prose which I kinda liked. I think I did OK, however, I am not very good at paper 1 tasks in general.