Qualification and assessment structure exam tips

Exam tips

• Paper 2 assessment A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to distinguish the unseen passage question, single set-text essay and connected-text essay..

  This protects unseen passage evidence vs prepared set-text material, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Non-exam assessment A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to describe the NEA as two essays of 1250 to 1500 words, each on a different literary text and a different aspect of the AQA Critical anthology..

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

• Non-exam assessment A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to explain that the NEA uses one poetry text and one prose text..

  This protects writer vs narrator, and poet vs speaker, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Non-exam assessment A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to explain that one response may be re-creative when accompanied by a commentary..

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

• Non-exam assessment A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to state that the NEA is worth 50 marks and 20 percent of the A-level..

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