How should I revise for my A Level English Exam, and develop my writing style?

A Level English is all about jumping through the hoops and hitting every assessment criteria. For example, AQA is split into 4 groups: AO1 - writing style and accuracy, AO2 - ability to identify literary techniques and themes, AO3 - critical interpretations, AO4 - historical context. REMEMBER: they are equally weighted so you need to devote roughly the same amount of energy to each (both in revision and in the exam). REVISION HACKS. AO1 - Do past papers. Why? It helps you structure your ideas and get used to writing under timed pressure. Perhaps allow yourself 10 minutes more as you won't have the same adrenaline as in an exam, and this allows you to really develop your answers. Then go through them by yourself and identify any glaring errors. Then take them to your teacher and demand feedback. DO SOMETHING WITH THIS FEEDBACK. Go over how they want you to write, where your weaknesses were and actively work on remedying this in your next essay. - Start a bank of go-to sentence starters or structures. One of the hardest parts of the exam when you have a blank page and you don't know where to start. If you have read a friend's work or an exemplar essay and they use markers that you enjoy or that help them to get into the question - TAKE THEM. Make a word document exclusively for sentence hacks. These simple things like "While it is possible that [the author] meant X, it could also be read that Y..." may seem obvious when you read them, but can save you time in the exam so you don't have to think about your style and can really get down to the analysis. I can guarantee that most of your peers will not be doing this as it doesn't tend to be taught so in this way you can have the stylistic edge! Plus it can help you relax in your exam knowing that there is one less thing left to chance on the day.