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  • 03-06-2008 11:21am
    #1
    gaz d
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭


    How much should you write for 50 marks i.e. Poetry and then 1000 marks i.e. essay then 70 marks comparitive


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    Mark200
    Registered Users Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭Mark200


    As much as it takes



    But as a very roung guide, about a page for every 10 marks. But I don't think you'll be expected to write a 10 page article


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    Soby
    Registered Users Posts: 5,977 ✭✭✭Soby


    You should be going for time more than how much..
    For paper 1
    Reading Selecting Sections 5-10mins
    Question A 55 mins
    Question B 35mins
    Composition 1 Hour+10 mins
    Paper 2
    Single Text- 55mins
    Comparative 65 mins
    Poetry 65 mins

    This should be in your papers,where i got it from anyway


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    cian1500ww
    Registered Users Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭cian1500ww


    I was always told about 3-4 pages for a 70 mark question.


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    Peleus
    Registered Users Posts: 784 ✭✭✭Peleus


    im doing about 3/3.5 pages for poetry Q
    then 4 pages for Comp
    and 3.5/4 for Single.

    its quality more than quantity, think about what you're gonna write before you do and don't waffle too much, then 3 pages can be better than 5.


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    rugrat1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭rugrat1


    does any1 know what this means in Bolands poetry ''a landscape in which you know you are mortal'' ??


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    Peleus
    Registered Users Posts: 784 ✭✭✭Peleus


    rugrat1 wrote: »
    does any1 know what this means in Bolands poetry ''a landscape in which you know you are mortal'' ??

    ye i dunno. its something to do with the deaths in the fields, the darkness of which is only reaching her now. I think she means you know you are mortal from seeing all these deaths and killings that have happend in ireland.

    i just talk about the mataphor of the stars in that poem, and how she compares the ousiders in history to the faraway stars. don't need to mention that line, not vital imo.


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    MaltEagle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 191 ✭✭MaltEagle


    I think the essays should be about 4-6 pages.
    I think the Part B's should be about 2 pages.


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    The Walsho
    Registered Users Posts: 1,251 ✭✭✭The Walsho


    Go by time. Know how much time you can allocate to each section and write as much as you can in that time. And like someone said above, 3 pages of quality, planned work is better than five pages of unstructured waffle.


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    thatone!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭thatone!


    I was told for 15mark question that 3/4 page is ok. What do you's think?


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    gaz d
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭gaz d


    Cheers for that.


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    Peleus
    Registered Users Posts: 784 ✭✭✭Peleus


    thatone! wrote: »
    I was told for 15mark question that 3/4 page is ok. What do you's think?

    ARE YOU SERIOUS? thats 10 pages for section a and 10 pages for section b and about 18 pages for your essay!!!! good luck with that. just write as much as you can.


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    Cokehead Mother
    Closed Accounts Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Cokehead Mother


    Peleus wrote: »
    ARE YOU SERIOUS? thats 10 pages for section a and 10 pages for section b and about 18 pages for your essay!!!! good luck with that. just write as much as you can.

    I'm sure he means 'three quarters' and not 'three or four'.


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    Peleus
    Registered Users Posts: 784 ✭✭✭Peleus


    Cokehead Mother wrote: »
    I'm sure he means 'three quarters' and not 'three or four'.
    god i'm an idiot


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    Turquoise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 94 ✭✭Turquoise


    Lol!

    I would say 3/4 of a page is fine for 15 marks, but it really is all about timing, and quality. ;)


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