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Exam task 1 — argument on the selected core text. Show how accurate textual evidence would support the response within Single set-text essay when aiming to construct a focused argument on the selected core text.
Model answer
What a good answer should say
- Start with a clear AO1 argument about Construct a focused argument on the selected core text..
- Select brief, accurate textual evidence or a detail from the supplied unseen text, then use AO2 to explain how language, form or structure shapes meaning.
- Use AO3 when literary context changes significance or reception.
- If comparison is required, use AO4 to connect both texts inside the same line of argument.
Explanation
Why this works
A high-quality response should begin with a claim that answers the wording, select brief and accurate textual evidence, analyse how language, form or structure shapes meaning and then explain the significance of that evidence. Context, comparison and alternative interpretations should be used only when they advance the same line of argument.
For Paper 2 response requirements in Paper 2 Texts in shared contexts, the principal focus is AO1 argument and expression. To construct a focused argument on the selected core text, the student must keep the answer anchored to the approved text or supplied passage and make each analytical step explicit.
Paper 2 assesses one set text, an unseen prose extract and a comparison of two selected texts within the chosen shared context. Keep the Single set-text essay strand explicit so the reasoning cannot be transferred unchanged to another 7712 topic.
Keep the chosen Paper 2 option, response mode and assessment-year text list explicit.
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