AQA A-Level English Literature B Paper 2 (7716/2) - 8th June 2023 [Exam Chat]

Hi! I do the crime poetry cluster, Brighton Rock, and Atonement!

Feeling a bit nervous for the Atonement question as the text is so intricate, but generally okay with the content of the rest! Really hope I can secure a strong A* with this paper

Does anyone have any non past-paper exam questions they could share? Struggling to find any and can't afford the fees!!

No way, we do the exact same texts! My teacher reckons an individual character question for TKR & poetry for the unseen, but was uncertain for the rest, as each year has been pretty evenly spread. I'd say assess your strengths (specifically S&P themes vs characters) & try to pinpoint chapters to flip to for each. At least, that's what we've been advised to do haha. Just curious, what texts did you do for Paper 1? We did aspects of tragedy, so King Lear, Tess of the D'Urbervilles & Death of a Salesman. Just wondering if we do the same for everything lol

but wasn't the unseen a poem last year? so I'm not sure if they'll do another poem but I hope they don't 🙏

No way, we do the exact same texts! My teacher reckons an individual character question for TKR & poetry for the unseen, but was uncertain for the rest, as each year has been pretty evenly spread. I'd say assess your strengths (specifically S&P themes vs characters) & try to pinpoint chapters to flip to for each. At least, that's what we've been advised to do haha. Just curious, what texts did you do for Paper 1? We did aspects of tragedy, so King Lear, Tess of the D'Urbervilles & Death of a Salesman. Just wondering if we do the same for everything lol

we did aspects of tragedy too but did Othello, Gatsby and Richard ii haha

but wasn't the unseen a poem last year? so I'm not sure if they'll do another poem but I hope they don't 🙏

i think the reason she's suspicious is that previously it's gone prose, play, play, prose, poem, so another poem would even it out, plus they've repeated before, but obviously be prepared for anything haha

oh **** thats true. aqa english lit has been repeating lots of things from last year tbh (like the othello extract act)

in all honestly unseen is the only thing i'm not worried about (although now i say that i bet it's going to be awful hahaha) ... we do it so much in class i just waffle about power dynamics! terrified for the rest though, i'm super confident on the handmaid's tale & william blake but the kite runner? not so much 😬

in all honestly unseen is the only thing i'm not worried about (although now i say that i bet it's going to be awful hahaha) ... we do it so much in class i just waffle about power dynamics! terrified for the rest though, i'm super confident on the handmaid's tale & william blake but the kite runner? not so much 😬

Hi guys!

I’m doing Pol Soc
My texts are:
- Harvest
- A Dolls House
- Tony Harrison poetry

Anyone similar?
If so what are people’s predictions and feelings about the texts?

I personally don’t enjoy Harvest so I’m just not looking forward to writing about it at all.