How I got an A* in English Literature A Level: FREE revision resources and how to write the essays!
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
- So here are all my tips and advice on how I got an A* in English Literature A Level, including how I revised for the poetry, plays and unseen papers as well as how to memorise context and critics. I've also included a link to some free revision resources (critics quizlet flashcards) and go through how to write/structure the english lit essays.
Links:
Genius: genius.com/
Quizlet Critics Flashcards: quizlet.com/Jelly212018/folde...
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Poetry
04:47 Plays
08:27 Context
10:11 Critics
11:50 Unseen Exam
14:26 Essay Tips
17:21 Outro
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FAQs:
How old are you? 18
Where do you live? The UK
What year are you in? Year 13 (sixth form)
A-Level subjects? English Literature, History and Psychology
GCSE subjects? Geography, History, Spanish and Drama (as well as the core subjects - English, Maths, R.S and Triple Science)
"In the end, we'll all become stories."
Just a little note: I don’t think I properly got across what I meant by “not revising for english very much” and “winging one of the exams” - I obviously revised throughout the year, worked hard and did a lot for revision in the lessons as well, but I did not revise English in the way I did my other subjects. I never sat down and spent a whole day on it, but particularly didn’t do loads the days leading up to the actual exams, something I did do for my other two subjects. I think this was partially just the nature of English Literature not being so content heavy like my other subjects, but also my realisation that I was able to pull of the grades I needed without as much work (which I was absolutely not able to do for History and Psychology).
Everyone and every subject is different. x
This was worded perfectly and is so true!! for me and my subjects, Maths is the same. It’s not as much about content but practicing throughout the year, so I don’t do as much right before the exams I guess and when I use the phrase ‘winging it’ it can sometimes be slightly misunderstood when it’s not always a bad thing!! ☺️
@@GamerGirll36 YES, I'm glad you get it! x
Bro not me watching this a week before my unseen paper-
Can you tell someone
Congratulations Jeta and thank you for sharing these amazing tips!
thank you so much for your poetry tips, definitely going to create comparison sheets
omg I LOVE THIS VIDEO! can you please share your streetcar notes and quotes I have my exams this week!
WOOO THANK YOU JETA! can’t wait for your history video too☺️, i hope you are very well
Yes, hope they all help! x
Great video, thanks!
yippeee I took psychology and English lit like you too!
Helpful
Would like to see one of your paper's photo or pdf. May be "Hamlet" would be good..
can you explain on how to weave critics in your essay?
Legit got college tmr first day and lit on tuesday 😂 ty so much ❤
Good luck with that and hope this helps!
Hey could you make a similar video for history please. Congrats on your results too!!
Yep! Might be posting a history one tomorrow 🙊😊
hii, im just starting year 12 and i decided to take english lit because i loved it at gcse, i worked really hard to improve my essays and was able to do fairly well.
the issue for me is that i dont actually read at all, i only took lit because i like STUDYING it rather than actually reading books (hope this doesnt end up backfiring lol)
do you think its important to read widely alongside the a level or can you still do well as long as you know the texts you're studying and a bit about the genres? (im doing aqa so we have a crime paper and a tragedy paper so understanding each genre is quite important i think)
hey ! in year 13 and im doing comedy and tragedy too, its honestly fine but obviously try to read about the context of your plays, perhaps other similar work your writer has done and about how texts were written back then in relation to your genre and your good : )
not too much at all ur good, hope ur enjoying English ? :)
i’m currently in year 10, but considering maybe doing it for a level 😁. I love essay writing subjects - similar to uuu x
Ahh good luck with making your decisions!
Don't English Lit will ruin your life
Did you perhaps use Seneca for any of your texts?
No I didn't ☺
Very helpful ❤ Thanks alot 😘
10/05/2024
hi I'm doing streetcar and malfi too. Are you able to share the quotes that you linked together?
What texts did u do?😊
For POETRY I did: Sylvia Plath's poems, Ted Hughes' poems and Paradise Lost by John Milton.
For PLAYS I did: Hamlet, A Streetcar Named Desire and The Duchess of Malfi.
For COURSEWORK: we read 4 books but the 2 I ended up writing on were Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy and Atonement by Ian McEwan.
Hey Jeta!! Just thought I’d come on to say hi since I also don’t do English haha! How are you? I know university is coming up fairly soon which is crazy!! Hope that goes smoothly🦋 xx
Also this heat is crazy isn’t it… the summer came quite late! 😅
PS: I absolutely love this background! :))
I'm good! How are you?
Yes it's coming up way too quickly! ahhh!
I hope year 13 is treating you well so far though x
(and thank you, I thought I'd change up my filming set up for once haha)
btw if you want you can follow me on instagram (@books_tea_and_jeta) cause it's easier to chat in dm's but also have slightly more up to date/recent content than youtube :)
@@Jeta_ so glad you’re well! I know right time is simply going too fast! I’m great thank you, Year 13 is certainly busy but I’m enjoying it so far and getting to those final personal statement stages as I’m an early applicant which I cannot believe! xxx
Haha you should defo film there more often :))
@@Jeta_ Thank you so much for letting me know! I remember looking at your instagram briefly a while back (love it by the way) but I’m considering getting the app soon so hopefully it’ll make it a bit easier like you said! 🫶🏻💓
thank you so much , btw you look like a Bollywood heroine , named Preity Zinta :) . Also is possible if you could share some of your sample answers for a street car named desire / notes ? thank you again
Hi, I don't suppose you have studied Othello?
Hi jeta
Is your name german?
Congratulations Jeta and thank you for sharing these amazing tips!