Assessment objectives exam tips

Exam tips

• Informed literary responses A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to articulate informed, personal and creative responses to literary texts..

  This protects analysis vs plot summary, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Informed literary responses A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to use associated literary concepts and terminology in a relevant argument..

  This protects analysis vs plot summary, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Informed literary responses A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to communicate through coherent and accurate written expression..

  This protects analysis vs plot summary, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• How meanings are shaped A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to analyse ways in which meanings are shaped in literary texts..

  This protects analysis vs plot summary, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• How meanings are shaped A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to connect authorial methods to the meanings produced by a literary text..

  This protects analysis vs plot summary, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Contexts of writing and reception A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to demonstrate understanding of the significance of relevant literary contexts..

  This protects literary context vs biography or criticism, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Contexts of writing and reception A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to explain how contexts influence the writing and reception of literary texts..

  This protects literary context vs biography or criticism, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Connections across literary texts A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to explore connections across literary texts..

  This protects connected comparison vs two separate mini-essays, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Connections across literary texts A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to use comparison to develop understanding of genre, context and interpretation..

  This protects connected comparison vs two separate mini-essays, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Different interpretations A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to explore literary texts informed by different interpretations..

  This protects supported interpretation vs unsupported opinion, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.