Paper 2 Modern Texts and Poetry - AQA
GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE
Paper 2 Modern Texts and Poetry
Friday 25 May 2018
Materials For this paper you must have: ? an AQA 16-page answer book.
Morning
Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes
Instructions ? Use black ink or black ballpoint pen. Do not use pencil. ? Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 8702/2. ? Answer one question from Section A, one question from Section B and both questions in
Section C. ? You must not use a dictionary.
Information ? The marks for questions are shown in brackets. ? The maximum mark for this paper is 96. ? AO4 will be assessed in Section A. There are 4 marks available for AO4 in Section A in addition
to 30 marks for answering the question. AO4 assesses the following skills: Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. ? There are 30 marks for Section B and 32 marks for Section C.
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SECTION A
Modern prose or drama
JB Priestley Willy Russell Alan Bennett Dennis Kelly Simon Stephens
Shelagh Delaney William Golding AQA Anthology George Orwell Kazuo Ishiguro Meera Syal Stephen Kelman
SECTION B
Poetry
AQA Anthology
SECTION C
Unseen poetry
Questions
An Inspector Calls Blood Brothers The History Boys DNA The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time A Taste of Honey Lord of the Flies Telling Tales Animal Farm Never Let Me Go Anita and Me Pigeon English
1?2 3?4 5?6 7?8 9?10
11?12 13?14 15?16 17?18 19?20 21?22 23?24
Poems Past and Present Love and Relationships Power and Conflict
Questions
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27.1 27.2
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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18?19 21
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Section A: Modern prose or drama Answer one question from this section on your chosen text.
JB Priestley: An Inspector Calls
How far does Priestley present Eric as a character who changes his attitudes towards himself and others during the play? Write about: ? what Eric says and does throughout the play ? how far Priestley presents Eric as a character who changes his attitudes.
[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]
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How does Priestley explore the importance of social class in An Inspector Calls?
Write about:
? some ideas about social class in the play ? how Priestley presents the importance of social class.
[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]
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Willy Russell: Blood Brothers
How does Russell present Linda as an important character in the play Blood Brothers? Write about: ? what Linda says and does in the play ? how Russell presents Linda as an important character in the play Blood Brothers.
[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]
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How does Russell present the ways that Mickey and Edward are affected by their different experiences of family life?
Write about:
? what family life is like for Mickey and Edward ? how Russell presents the differences in their family lives.
[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]
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6 Alan Bennett: The History Boys
How does Bennett present different attitudes to learning in The History Boys?
Write about:
? what some of these attitudes to learning are ? how Bennett presents these attitudes.
[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]
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Bennett has said that the boys in the play know more than any of their teachers.
How far do you agree that the boys "know more" than the staff?
Write about:
? what the boys say and do ? how far Bennett presents the boys as "knowing more" than the staff.
[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]
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7 Dennis Kelly: DNA
How does Kelly use the character of Cathy to explore ideas about leadership?
Write about:
? what Cathy says and does throughout the play ? how Kelly uses Cathy to explore these ideas about leadership.
[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]
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How does Kelly use the play DNA to explore ideas about gang membership?
Write about:
? what the gang members say and do ? how Kelly presents what being in a gang is like.
[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]
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Simon Stephens: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
How does Stephens use Christopher's book to explore Christopher's feelings and attitudes to life? Write about: ? some of Christopher's feelings and attitudes to life ? how Stephens uses the book to explore these feelings and attitudes.
[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]
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How far does Stephens present Christopher's teacher, Siobhan, as an important character in the play?
Write about:
? what Siobhan says and does ? how far Stephens presents her as important in the play.
[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]
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