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Paper 2 Texts and genres

Paper 2 develops study through either Elements of crime writing or Elements of political and social protest writing and includes unseen, single-text and connected-text responses.

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English Literature B

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AQAA-levelEnglish Literature B7717

Topics

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Elements of crime writing

Official AQA option 2A studies narratives driven by significant crime, transgression, investigation, consequence and responses to disorder.

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Elements of political and social protest writing

Official AQA option 2B studies power, powerlessness, oppression, domination, rebellion and representations of society.

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Paper 2 response requirements

Paper 2 assesses an unseen passage, a single set text and a connection between two set texts within the selected genre.

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Elements of crime writing: Explore transgression against national, social, religious or moral laws.
Elements of crime writing: Analyse the nature of crimes, criminals, motives and actions.
Elements of crime writing: Explore punishment, justice, retribution, injustice and the legal system.
Elements of crime writing: Examine guilt, remorse, confession and desire for forgiveness.
Elements of crime writing: Analyse the motifs of love, money, danger and death.
Elements of crime writing: Explore the representation of victims and suffering.
Elements of crime writing: Trace structural movement through crises towards order or unresolved disorder.
Elements of crime writing: Analyse the specific importance of plotting in crime writing.
Elements of crime writing: Study the text through crime-writing elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of crime writing: Identify When Will There Be Good News? as an official post-2000 prose option.
Elements of crime writing: Identify The Murder of Roger Ackroyd as an official set-text option.
Elements of crime writing: Study the text through crime-writing elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of crime writing: Study the poem through crime-writing elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of crime writing: Identify The Rime of the Ancient Mariner as an official pre-1900 poetry option.
Elements of crime writing: Study how the poems develop and vary crime-writing elements.
Elements of crime writing: Identify the listed Crabbe, Browning and Wilde poems as an official pre-1900 poetry option.
Elements of crime writing: Study the text through crime-writing elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of crime writing: Identify Oliver Twist as an official pre-1900 set-text option.
Elements of crime writing: Identify Brighton Rock as an official set-text option.
Elements of crime writing: Study the text through crime-writing elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of crime writing: Study the text through crime-writing elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of crime writing: Identify Atonement as an official post-2000 prose option.
Elements of crime writing: Study the play through crime-writing elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of crime writing: Identify Hamlet as an official pre-1900 set-text option.
Elements of crime writing: Identify Kala as an official post-2000 prose option first assessed in 2027.
Elements of crime writing: Study the text through crime-writing elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Compare the behaviour of those with power and those without it.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Explore pursuit of power, rebellion and warfare.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Explore corruption, conspiracy and control.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Examine gender politics and social class.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Analyse how place and time provide a backdrop for political and social action.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Trace how political tensions are heightened and resolved or left unresolved.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Analyse representation of society in particular historical periods.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Explain how protest writing invites readers to reflect on their own world.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Identify The Handmaid's Tale as an official set-text option.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Study the text through political and social protest elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Identify Songs of Innocence and of Experience as an official pre-1900 poetry option.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Study the poems through political and social protest elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Study the text through political and social protest elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Identify Harvest as an official post-2000 prose option.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Study the text through political and social protest elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Identify Hard Times as an official pre-1900 set-text option.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Study the text through political and social protest elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Identify Brotherless Night as an official post-2000 prose option first assessed in 2027.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Study the text through political and social protest elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Identify The Kite Runner as an official post-2000 prose option.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Study the play through political and social protest elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Identify A Doll's House in the specified Michael Meyer translation as an official pre-1900 drama option.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Identify Henry IV Part I as an official pre-1900 set-text option.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Study the play through political and social protest elements and all five assessment objectives.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Study how the poems develop and vary political and social protest elements.
Elements of political and social protest writing: Identify the listed Tony Harrison poems as an official poetry option.
Paper 2 response requirements: Analyse an unseen passage through the selected genre.
Paper 2 response requirements: Use precise textual evidence from the passage to build a literary argument.
Paper 2 response requirements: Construct a focused essay on one selected set text.
Paper 2 response requirements: Use genre, context, methods and interpretations to develop the argument.
Paper 2 response requirements: Explore significant connections and differences rather than treating each text separately.
Paper 2 response requirements: Compare two selected set texts through the chosen genre.