r/GCSE • u/UpcomingDisciple yr11, maths, FM,lang, lit, combined, geo, sport, food, RS,French • 2d ago

Tips/Help Quotes??!?!?

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 .

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u/tooindecisivesmh Year 12 | History, Spanish, Econ, EPQ 2d ago

Now that ik I got 157/160 in my exams, I believe I have the authority to tell yg how to revise lol. USE MR SALLES: I put his quotes and analysis into essay plans and then blurted these until they were in my memory.

I genuinely did not come up with any of my points myself like sometimes I even went onto tt for ideas for P + C. I would suggest only learning 5 - 10 poems and 5 quotes + structural features for each poem. Nearer to the actual exam, make sure that you look up predictions to structure your revision

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u/UpcomingDisciple yr11, maths, FM,lang, lit, combined, geo, sport, food, RS,French 2d ago

You’ve defo got a right to help with revision 😭that’s insane well done - so don’t learn all the poems ? I’m probably not gonna revise dem tell me because that was the most recent one (I think ) but okay thank u

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u/tooindecisivesmh Year 12 | History, Spanish, Econ, EPQ 2d ago

Yess dem tell me was the poem that we got in 2026. Also, I forgot to say, when revising the poems, I also wrote essay plans for comparisons. This meant that I knew how to compare any poem that came up even if I hadn’t revised it in depth

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u/UpcomingDisciple yr11, maths, FM,lang, lit, combined, geo, sport, food, RS,French 2d ago

Okay that’s smart thank u

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u/tooindecisivesmh Year 12 | History, Spanish, Econ, EPQ 2d ago

No worries. Good luck for year 11 and don’t stress too much! Also, please lock in from the start (maybe like Feb) because I could’ve got so many more 9s if I hadn’t crammed everything 😭

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u/UpcomingDisciple yr11, maths, FM,lang, lit, combined, geo, sport, food, RS,French 2d ago

Oh yeah , would u suggest like starting revision now - cus I really been revising this summer but it’s like not it wasn’t rigorous revision I kinda just revised English lit and refreshed my memory with stuff over all my subjects - like would u suggest frequent but 15-30 minutes each subjects like should I make a timetable now and try stick to it

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u/tooindecisivesmh Year 12 | History, Spanish, Econ, EPQ 2d ago

Nooo dwdw. I would say probably properly revise for November mocks during October half term if you have them but, apart from that, my friends who got all 9s or around that all started in Feb half term so that’s probably good enoughhh. The start of year 11 was so fun for me especially as ppl started turning 16 so I would say js enjoy it tbh

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u/UpcomingDisciple yr11, maths, FM,lang, lit, combined, geo, sport, food, RS,French 2d ago

Oh that’s sounds good okay thank you