Could someone please help me with some analysis and links to the AOS syllabus for Margaret Atwood's poem Journey To The Interior (as a related text). Also any past discovery essays with this as the related text would be greatly appreciated! (I promise not to plagiarise but just to get some general ideas)
Would love if anyone who studied this text could help out!
Hi I'm really struggling in preparation for trials, in how to look at an essay question and to reduce it to what needs answering and how to answer it- thesis-wise (this is for all modules and discovery). Wondered if anyone had any tips thanks !!
Hey! This is a really tough question to answer, because there so many different aspects. Understanding the requirements of the module, formulating a unique idea for a Thesis with enough depth as well as breadth, knowing what the question is asking of you.
I'd go take a look at our
MEGA THREAD for English Advanced and check out a few things:
- The module essay guides. It is really important that you understand exactly what each module is actually asking of you, and how a Thesis for one should differ slightly from the others
- The AoS essay guide, for the same reason as above.
- For the AoS specifically, you can run Thesis statements past us
here (do the same for the Modules in this thread). Practice makes perfect!
Ultimately, responding to a question properly comes from having enough experience with questions similar to it, to be able to go, "Yep, I understand what that wants from me." It does take a while to get there, but once you do, that is 80% of the hard work for that module done. You'll spend way longer figuring out what to do, then not much at all actually doing it
More generally, make sure you are highlighting key terms in your questions, keeping in mind the module objectives. In Module A, for example, you should be looking for some relevance to context in your questions. Highlight this one colour. Then you know there might be a theme you need to address. Highlight this another. Dissecting questions in this way is also a great way to practice