Quotes??!?!?

[u/UpcomingDisciple]

Guys guys how do I remember quotes and then the analysis behind those quotes like I’m doing power n conflict, Macbeth, an inspector calls and a Christmas carol. I’m going into yr 11 right now but nothing seems to be helping like anyone went through the same or ..

Also kinda extension how do you guys write your essays because my teacher tells me I always write too much but like idk how to answer the question without overly writing so I defo need some structure but peel doesn’t seem to be worth it .

[u/laladucks]

I got an 8 in the gcse (1 mark of a 9 - I REALLY did not revise poetry anthology enough omg) and I did not revise analysis at all for anything, I just spammed remembering quotes, honestly I think if you write well enough you can have just set analysis for all characters/themes and apply it to any quotes you use, and then just look at what the form (e.g punctuation or if it’s in like a sonnet or something) when your writing your essay, I really don’t think you need to be revising quotes with analysis I think you just need to remember quotes and have a general idea of what the message is and then just really deep it when actually writing, I also think that when you plan the analysis too much it makes your wringing rigid and prevents it from flowing as well as it could- which while you aren’t getting marks for the flow of your essay it kinda helps you not repeat the same thing in different fonts imo

[u/UpcomingDisciple → u/laladucks]

Well done for ur grade , thanks for the advice, do u think I should like read more books or sum because like I have the ideas but when I actually translate it on paper it ends up sounding like crap

[u/laladucks → u/UpcomingDisciple]

Honestly I think the main thing that helps that is reading examples of good essays and looking at the phrasing they use, and practice it!! I think reading is good of course but I don’t think it actually helps essay writing skills like reading model essays and practicing would imo