My history teacher recommended that we decide on 3 essays we'd like to write, then equip ourselves with 3 quotes from Impressive Sources, one each from classical antiquity, the broad sweep of the mediaeval, and the Enlightenment ("The braver souls amongst you might find Victorian poets can also add to one's gravitas - choose sparingly and wisely"), and then turn every exam essay into one of them.
It bloody worked!
In one A-level Eng Lit essay, we were asked "what Fowles intended" by something in The French Lieutenant's Woman, to which I responded, "We cannot know Fowles' intention at the time of writing without having him here to interrogate. My own reading suggests the following interpretations..." Pompous little beast, I was. Got an A, though.
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Date: 2013-03-15 08:04 am (UTC)It bloody worked!
In one A-level Eng Lit essay, we were asked "what Fowles intended" by something in The French Lieutenant's Woman, to which I responded, "We cannot know Fowles' intention at the time of writing without having him here to interrogate. My own reading suggests the following interpretations..." Pompous little beast, I was. Got an A, though.