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Paper code
7KQ3-M9XD
GCSE
English Literature
Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry
Original questions for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2.
- An Inspector Calls
- Power and conflict
- Unseen poetry
Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes
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Estimated grade
8Mark
76/96
76 out of 96 is a grade 8. Grade 9 starts at 81, five marks above your total.
Questions
Question 1b: An Inspector Calls
27/34
Question 2: Power and conflict
24/30
Question 3(a): Unseen poetry
19/24
Question 3(b): Unseen poetry
6/8
Where your marks went
Most of the marks you lost were on AO2, language, form and structure.
- Q1b An Inspector Calls, AO2You quote “We are members of one body” but only explain it, so name the metaphor and say why Priestley gives the Inspector this image just before he leaves.3 marks to gain
- Q2 Power and conflict, AO2Show how the personification in “the merciless iced east winds that knive us” turns the weather in ‘Exposure’ into the soldiers’ real enemy.3 marks to gain
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Question 3(a) · In ‘The Darkling Thrush’, how does the poet present ideas about hope?
19/24
In ‘The Darkling Thrush’, Hardy presents hope as something fragile and unexpected, which appears in a world that seems to have lost all life. For most of the poem the speaker describes a bleak winter landscape.
The land is described as “The Century’s corpse outleant”. Because the poem was written at the very end of the nineteenth century, this metaphor suggests that Hardy sees the whole age as dying. The regular rhyme scheme and steady ballad metre feel heavy and tired.
AO2Suggestions3 to gain on AO2
Good link to the date, but you stop at the idea. Say what the metaphor does: Hardy lays the land out like a body, so the thrush’s song later breaks into a scene of death.
A stronger versionPro
Because the poem was written at the very end of the nineteenth century, this metaphor suggests that Hardy sees the whole age as dying, laying the land out like a body so that the thrush’s song breaks into a scene of death.
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Which boards and papers can I sit?
AQA GCSE English Literature: Paper 1 (Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel) and Paper 2 (Modern texts and poetry). Edexcel GCSE English Literature: Paper 1 (Shakespeare and post-1914 literature) and Paper 2 (19th-century novel and poetry since 1789). Eduqas GCSE English Literature: Component 1 (Shakespeare and poetry) and Component 2 (Post-1914 prose/drama, 19th-century prose and unseen poetry). AQA A-Level English Literature: Paper 1 (Love through the ages). Paper 2A (WW1 and its aftermath) and Paper 2B (Modern times) are coming soon. Pearson Edexcel A-Level English Literature: Paper 1 (Drama), Paper 2 (Prose) and Paper 3 (Poetry). More subjects and boards are on the way.
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