The exam paper asks you to answer three questions:
Section A has two parts:
Even-numbered questions ask about the ways the authors tell the story in a named text; You are tested here on AO2 only:
AO2: Demonstrate detailed critical understanding in analysing the ways in which structure, form and language shape meanings in literary texts
Odd-numbered questions present an argument about that author's writing and ask you to discuss it. You are tested here on AO1, 3 and 4 (not on AO2)
AO1: Articulate creative, informed and relevant responses to literary texts, using appropriate terminology and concepts, and coherent, accurate written expression
AO3: Explore connections and comparisons between different literary texts, informed by interpretations of other readers
AO4: Demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the contexts in which literary texts are written and received
You have half an hour to answer each of these two sections. Each is worth 21 marks.
Section B is an essay question (see separate page on this blog). This section test you on AO1, 2 and 3 (not on AO4). You have an hour to answer this. It is worth 42 marks.
For more explanation of the AOs, see pages vi and vii of your textbook.
Section A has two parts:
Even-numbered questions ask about the ways the authors tell the story in a named text; You are tested here on AO2 only:
AO2: Demonstrate detailed critical understanding in analysing the ways in which structure, form and language shape meanings in literary texts
Odd-numbered questions present an argument about that author's writing and ask you to discuss it. You are tested here on AO1, 3 and 4 (not on AO2)
AO1: Articulate creative, informed and relevant responses to literary texts, using appropriate terminology and concepts, and coherent, accurate written expression
AO3: Explore connections and comparisons between different literary texts, informed by interpretations of other readers
AO4: Demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the contexts in which literary texts are written and received
You have half an hour to answer each of these two sections. Each is worth 21 marks.
Section B is an essay question (see separate page on this blog). This section test you on AO1, 2 and 3 (not on AO4). You have an hour to answer this. It is worth 42 marks.
For more explanation of the AOs, see pages vi and vii of your textbook.
Section A- Part 1 (Odd-numbered questions)
This question focuses on narrative.
It will be a comparison between the narrative of 2 different chapters, or 2 different poems, or a detailed comment on narrative method (e.g. Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in 'Winter: My Secret'.)
You are marked on AO2 only. So don't worry about your opinion!
You will be asked to look at the form, structure and language, though with most of the focus on the first two.
The form asks you to think about the genre of the chapter/poem, and the style that it is written in.
The structure is the syntax, paragraph and sentence length, punctuation, etc.
The language is obvious- vocabulary use and what it means.
•It might be appropriate to write about:
You have 30 minutes to answer this question.
You are expected to give your opinion- whether you agree with the statement or not is irrelevant.
You are marked on Assesment Objectives 1, 3 and 4.
AO1 is your written expression- so use formal language with a range of vocabulary.
AO3 is your interpretation of the text. You are expected to give your judgment but you must discuss alternative interpretations.
AO4 is your focus on contextual factors. This is possibly the hardest to do, but all it means is that you must consider the various genres within the narrative, and consider any other related contexts to the novel/poems.
When revising, think about how you would respond to certain claims about your novel/poems (e.g. Is it stereotypical? Is it realistic? etc.)
You will be expected to focus on individual words (e.g. so if the word "too" is used, what does that mean in relation to what you have been asked?)
Give 2 or 3 paragraphs that present evidence to support your reasoning.
Then conclude with your response.
Again, you've only got 30 minutes.
Stick to the assessment objectives- you'll get no marks if you start writing your opinion in part A and talking about the language in part B.
It will be a comparison between the narrative of 2 different chapters, or 2 different poems, or a detailed comment on narrative method (e.g. Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in 'Winter: My Secret'.)
You are marked on AO2 only. So don't worry about your opinion!
You will be asked to look at the form, structure and language, though with most of the focus on the first two.
The form asks you to think about the genre of the chapter/poem, and the style that it is written in.
The structure is the syntax, paragraph and sentence length, punctuation, etc.
The language is obvious- vocabulary use and what it means.
General tips for Section A - Part 1 (odd-numbered questions)
You need to think about how the story is being managed by the writer.•It might be appropriate to write about:
- Places - what atmosphere is created by the setting (medieval fairytale, urban, country, bleak and isolated...)
- Time - how it is being manipulated, whether it is condensed, accelerated, elongated and where the story starts and finishes in terms of time
- Narrator/narratee – whose thinking or speaking processes are being represented? How reliable is the narrator?
- Sequence/Structure – what is the order in which events are told?
- Generic conventions/poetic forms – are they operating?
- Voices – who speaks to whom and when? (is the speech direct, indirect, free indirect?) Is the speech attributed?
- Language – is there anything telling about the language that the writer uses?
You have 30 minutes to answer this question.
Section A Part 2 (even-numbered questions)
This question focuses on your personal response.You are expected to give your opinion- whether you agree with the statement or not is irrelevant.
You are marked on Assesment Objectives 1, 3 and 4.
AO1 is your written expression- so use formal language with a range of vocabulary.
AO3 is your interpretation of the text. You are expected to give your judgment but you must discuss alternative interpretations.
AO4 is your focus on contextual factors. This is possibly the hardest to do, but all it means is that you must consider the various genres within the narrative, and consider any other related contexts to the novel/poems.
When revising, think about how you would respond to certain claims about your novel/poems (e.g. Is it stereotypical? Is it realistic? etc.)
You will be expected to focus on individual words (e.g. so if the word "too" is used, what does that mean in relation to what you have been asked?)
Structuring your essay for Section A Part 2
Write a brief introduction giving your specific response to the question.Give 2 or 3 paragraphs that present evidence to support your reasoning.
Then conclude with your response.
Again, you've only got 30 minutes.
General Tips
Please, PLEASE, answer both parts from one question. It sounds silly I know, but a supposed A grade student in my class did part A on one book and part B on another. Oh dear.Stick to the assessment objectives- you'll get no marks if you start writing your opinion in part A and talking about the language in part B.
Section A Past Questions
Since the start of this Specification, questions on the texts you have studied for this section have been:
January 2010
2a) Write about the ways Browning tells the story in 'The Bishop Orders his Tomb'.
b) How far do you agree that the characters in Browning's poetry display a disturbing lack of morality?
6a) Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in the first 50 lines of 'The Convent Threshold'.
b) Some readers find 'The Convent Threshold' a most uncomfortable reading experience. Do you think the poem is an uncomfortable reading experience?
15a) Write about some of the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter 5.
b) What do you think of the view that obsession with money and the new consumer culture of the 1920s dominates human thinking and behaviour in 'The Great Gatsby'?
June 2010
2.3) Write about the ways Browning tells the story in 'The Patriot'.
2.4) How far do you agree that the Patriot and the Pied Piper are heroes?
6.11) Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in 'Cousin Kate'.
6.12) "Betrayal is at the heart of the relationships between men and women in Rossetti's poetry." How do you respond to this view?
15.29) Write about some of the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter 9.
15.30) "Illusory as it is, Gatsby's dream gives meaning and value to human experience." How do you respond to this view?
January 2011
3) Write about the ways Browning tells the story in Sections VII, VIII, IX, X and XI of 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin'.
4) How far would you agree that the most striking feature of Browning's poems is the way characters experience extreme changes of fortune?
11) Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in lines 81-183 of 'Goblin Market'.
12) How do you respond to the view that the males in Rossetti's poems are always villains?
29) Write about some of the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter 8.
30) How far do you agree with Nick's view that Gatsby is "worth the whole damn bunch put together"?
May 2011
3) Write about the ways Browning tells the story in 'Porphyria's Lover'.
4) How far would you agree with the view that in Browning's poems women are important only because they reveal the characters of men?
11) Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in lines 1-54 of 'A Royal Princess'.
12) How far do you agree with the view that an overwhelming sadness hangs over Rossetti's poems?
29) Write about some of the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter 1.
30) Some readers are irritated by Nick Carraway as a narrator. What is your view of Fitzgerald's use of Nick Carraway as a narrator?
January 2012
3) Write about the ways Browning tells the story in 'My Last Duchess'.
4) To what extent do you think that in Browning's poetry women are powerless?
11) Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story from line 85 to the end of 'The Convent Threshold'.
12) To what extent do you think that 'The Convent Threshold' is an assertion of love?
27) Write about some of the ways McCarthy tells the story from the top of page 56 to the bottom of page 81 (Picador 2009 Edition).
28) How do you respond to the view that the story in 'The Road' is weakened because so uch of the characters' history is untold?
29) Write about some of the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter 2.
30) How do you respond to the view that it is very difficult for readers to feel anything other than contempt for John Buchanan?
May 2012
3) Write about the ways Browning tells the story in lines 191-269 of 'Fra Lippo Lippi'.
4) How far do you agree with the view that Fra Lippo Lippi is simply a "saucy and loud-mouthed monk"?
11) Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in the first eighty lines of 'Goblin Market'.
12) How far do you agree with the view that 'Goblin Market' is a story for children?
An exemplar exam script for you to look at for this is at http://cherwellenglish.typepad.com/files/litb1-june-2012-exemplar-script---74-marks.pdf
27) Write about McCarthy's methods of telling the story from the top of page 284 to the end of the novel.
28) How far do you agree with the view that the ending of 'The Road' is unbearably pessimistic?
29) Write about some of the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter 7.
30) How appropriate do you think it is to describe 'The Great Gatsby' as a tragedy?
January 2013
3) Write about the ways Browning tells the story in lines 1-145 of 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin'.
4) How far would you agree with the view that, although its subtitle is 'A Child's Story', the poem is more of a political work?
11) Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in 'Maude Clare'.
12) "Far from being repressed, women in Rossetti's poems are defiant." How far do you agree with this view?
17) Write about McCarthy's method of telling the story from page 1 to the bottom of page 16 ending with 'just the silence' (Picador 2009 Edition)
18) "It seems pointless to talk about the beginning, middle and end of this novel; there is no beginning, middle and end." How do you respond to this view of 'The Road'?
29) Write about some of Fitzgerald's methods in Chapter 2.
30) "In 'The Great Gatsby' the lower social classes are presented as crude and vulgar." How do you respond to this view?
June 2010
2.3) Write about the ways Browning tells the story in 'The Patriot'.
2.4) How far do you agree that the Patriot and the Pied Piper are heroes?
6.11) Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in 'Cousin Kate'.
6.12) "Betrayal is at the heart of the relationships between men and women in Rossetti's poetry." How do you respond to this view?
15.29) Write about some of the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter 9.
15.30) "Illusory as it is, Gatsby's dream gives meaning and value to human experience." How do you respond to this view?
January 2011
3) Write about the ways Browning tells the story in Sections VII, VIII, IX, X and XI of 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin'.
4) How far would you agree that the most striking feature of Browning's poems is the way characters experience extreme changes of fortune?
11) Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in lines 81-183 of 'Goblin Market'.
12) How do you respond to the view that the males in Rossetti's poems are always villains?
29) Write about some of the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter 8.
30) How far do you agree with Nick's view that Gatsby is "worth the whole damn bunch put together"?
May 2011
3) Write about the ways Browning tells the story in 'Porphyria's Lover'.
4) How far would you agree with the view that in Browning's poems women are important only because they reveal the characters of men?
11) Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in lines 1-54 of 'A Royal Princess'.
12) How far do you agree with the view that an overwhelming sadness hangs over Rossetti's poems?
29) Write about some of the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter 1.
30) Some readers are irritated by Nick Carraway as a narrator. What is your view of Fitzgerald's use of Nick Carraway as a narrator?
January 2012
3) Write about the ways Browning tells the story in 'My Last Duchess'.
4) To what extent do you think that in Browning's poetry women are powerless?
11) Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story from line 85 to the end of 'The Convent Threshold'.
12) To what extent do you think that 'The Convent Threshold' is an assertion of love?
27) Write about some of the ways McCarthy tells the story from the top of page 56 to the bottom of page 81 (Picador 2009 Edition).
28) How do you respond to the view that the story in 'The Road' is weakened because so uch of the characters' history is untold?
29) Write about some of the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter 2.
30) How do you respond to the view that it is very difficult for readers to feel anything other than contempt for John Buchanan?
May 2012
3) Write about the ways Browning tells the story in lines 191-269 of 'Fra Lippo Lippi'.
4) How far do you agree with the view that Fra Lippo Lippi is simply a "saucy and loud-mouthed monk"?
11) Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in the first eighty lines of 'Goblin Market'.
12) How far do you agree with the view that 'Goblin Market' is a story for children?
An exemplar exam script for you to look at for this is at http://cherwellenglish.typepad.com/files/litb1-june-2012-exemplar-script---74-marks.pdf
27) Write about McCarthy's methods of telling the story from the top of page 284 to the end of the novel.
28) How far do you agree with the view that the ending of 'The Road' is unbearably pessimistic?
29) Write about some of the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter 7.
30) How appropriate do you think it is to describe 'The Great Gatsby' as a tragedy?
January 2013
3) Write about the ways Browning tells the story in lines 1-145 of 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin'.
4) How far would you agree with the view that, although its subtitle is 'A Child's Story', the poem is more of a political work?
11) Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in 'Maude Clare'.
12) "Far from being repressed, women in Rossetti's poems are defiant." How far do you agree with this view?
17) Write about McCarthy's method of telling the story from page 1 to the bottom of page 16 ending with 'just the silence' (Picador 2009 Edition)
18) "It seems pointless to talk about the beginning, middle and end of this novel; there is no beginning, middle and end." How do you respond to this view of 'The Road'?
29) Write about some of Fitzgerald's methods in Chapter 2.
30) "In 'The Great Gatsby' the lower social classes are presented as crude and vulgar." How do you respond to this view?
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