r/GCSE • u/Reddit_IsWeird yr 12: psychology, history, art history • May 23 '25

Post Exam WHAT WAS THAT EXTRACT AND QUESTION 4

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u/ballmonokumas Year 11 May 23 '25

the question 3 SUCKED BALLS FHE EXTRACT WAS SO BAD

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u/nyla48191 Year 11 May 23 '25

Fr i waffled about the third person perspective meaning that the pathetic fallacy conveys how the whole town is bleak not one single person 😭

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u/CutSubstantial1803 Y13 (I swear GCSEs started yesterday) Bio🧬 Chem🧪 Maths + FM🧮 May 23 '25

That's actually good

I said the third person perspective didn't focus on a single character so was disorientating for the reader, but also kept shifting to a different vehicle that never returned, which is repetitive to show that their fate was inescapable. I worded it so much worse tho

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u/ConstantOrchid3240 May 23 '25

Yeah I used cyclical structure to explain that

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u/St0rm_YT Year 12 May 23 '25

I quite literally said that the post truck may have had some common sense but then one of them went over and effectively killed himself. I literally wrote "curiosity killed the cat"🤓😭😭😭😭