We’re all good at english – i mean for god’s sake, we’re fluent in the language. It bewilders me as to how people can fail english.
photo credit: Nick J Webb
What you have to learn…..(41%)
fair enough; Shakespeare and W B Yeats aren’t exactly teenage icons. We’re FORCED to study them in order to get points so as a result, most of us hate them.
Prescribed poetry and the single text (usually a shakespeare ‘work of art’) are equal to roughly 25% of the marks.
Comparative Studies (300 page novels and the like) are equal to about 16%.
What you can bluff…..(59%)
Lets face it, we don’t like essays, even the best of us. On the day we can be in any sort of mood and might just fire blanks if the title isn’t to our liking. But hey, look on the bright side – nobody can study essays and learn them off (if you do, get a life). So that means everybody is just making stuff up on the day. The essay is worth 22%, meaning bluffers can have a field day here.
Reading comprehensions are another 22% and are again bluffer’s paradise. Read a few questions, look at the text and scribble down a few quotes and personal
opinions.
The final 15% goes on the ‘Unseen Poem’, basically a random poem thrown into the paper which you’re asked to examine.
Conclusion:
English is very bluffable, the majority of marks going on stuff you have to think up on the day (essay, unseen poem, reading comprehensions).
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