AQA A-level English Literature & Language Paper 2 (7707/2) - 8 Jun 2023 [Exam Chat]

AQA A-level English Literature and Language Paper 2 (7707/2) - 8th June 2023 [Exam Chat]

Welcome to the exam discussion thread for this exam. Introduce yourself! Let others know what you're aiming for in your exams, what you are struggling with in your revision or anything else.

Wishing you all the best of luck.

General Information
Date/Time: 8 Jun 2023/ AM
Length: 2h 30m

Reply 1

meganp3648

3

Does anyone do streetcar and gatsby for paper 2 and have predictions/tips?!!!

Reply 2

daisyaw

7

Anybody got any predictions for Gatsby/ Othello?

Reply 3

mississipi yuh

Original post by meganp3648

Does anyone do streetcar and gatsby for paper 2 and have predictions/tips?!!!

i do streetcar and carol ann duffy rapture poems. I predict for streetcar that they will ask about themes maybe sexual desire and death

Reply 4

hannah040

4

Really have no idea what could come up for Streetcar and Gatbsy recreation... any ideas?

Reply 5

meganp3648

3

I'm really not sure what to expect either! I wonder what they asked last year. With Gatsby, it's impossible to predict as there are so many possibilities. I'm focusing on minor characters and making sure I know the timeline of the story. With streetcar, I feel like if you also know the play well and the contexts you can do any question they spring on you, but again I don't have predictions!!

Original post by hannah040

Really have no idea what could come up for Streetcar and Gatbsy recreation... any ideas?

Reply 6

Starrytillymae

7

Original post by meganp3648

I'm really not sure what to expect either! I wonder what they asked last year. With Gatsby, it's impossible to predict as there are so many possibilities. I'm focusing on minor characters and making sure I know the timeline of the story. With streetcar, I feel like if you also know the play well and the contexts you can do any question they spring on you, but again I don't have predictions!!

last year was:

Gatsby: Daisy's account of Jordan's narrative about her

Streetcar: feelings of alienation OR attitudes towards others.

We went through that paper today in a revision session at college as teachers have access to it!

the exam board love synonyms for Streetcar, so we looked at things that have already come up, like bitterness and anger, and loneliness and alienation, dependency on others and attitudes towards others. there's a pattern in what the examiners ask for. we predicted cruelty, power, control, betrayal, or instability!

(edited 10 months ago)

Reply 7

Blaze25

3

power would be bliss

Original post by Starrytillymae

last year was:

Gatsby: Daisy's account of Jordan's narrative about her

Streetcar: feelings of alienation OR attitudes towards others.

We went through that paper today in a revision session at college as teachers have access to it!

the exam board love synonyms for Streetcar, so we looked at things that have already come up, like bitterness and anger, and loneliness and alienation, dependency on others and attitudes towards others. there's a pattern in what the examiners ask for. we predicted cruelty, power, control, betrayal, or instability!

Reply 8

Starrytillymae

7

Original post by Blaze25

power would be bliss

i was thinking abuse of power?? that's quite broad too because you've got:
- blanche and her student
- stanley and blanche's instability
- stella not being able to leave with the baby
- stanley feeling superior to the women and the theme of domestic violence

Reply 9

charl1234567890

I do Streetcar and The Kite Runner.

I am hoping for characters feelings of nervousness maybe or resentment for Streetcar and then it will probably be a minor character for The Kite Runner.

In a previous year they have done a person at the flea market as a recast. Surely it cant be as bad as that.

Reply 10

imihaynes9

4

anyone doing when will there be good news and the murder of roger ackroyd?

Reply 11

zzkng

10

Went awfully . Anyone else think the same .

Reply 12

CrissyNix

3

Original post by charl1234567890

I do Streetcar and The Kite Runner.

I am hoping for characters feelings of nervousness maybe or resentment for Streetcar and then it will probably be a minor character for The Kite Runner.

In a previous year they have done a person at the flea market as a recast. Surely it cant be as bad as that.

Hahaha funny - I was thinking the same but they somehow made it way worse than I thought. Who even is Saifo? I spent 8 hours on character maps and must have skimmed past him because I had no idea who he was. How do you think it went?
Which question did you do for Streetcar? I did impressing others because I forgot what deception meant haha

Reply 13

CrissyNix

3

Original post by zzkng

Went awfully . Anyone else think the same .

I thought the exact same, no worries. My classmates seemed to think it was okay but I hated every second of it, haha.

Reply 14

daisyaw

7

Original post by CrissyNix

I thought the exact same, no worries. My classmates seemed to think it was okay but I hated every second of it, haha.

Yes me too, everyone thought it went well but for me it went dreadful

Reply 15

X3bea

1

Original post by daisyaw

Yes me too, everyone thought it went well but for me it went dreadful

Was the streetcar question deception or depiction? Because if it was deception it was awful

Reply 16

daisyaw

7

Original post by X3bea

Was the streetcar question deception or depiction? Because if it was deception it was awful

I’m not sure sorry I did Othello

Reply 17

X3bea

1

Original post by zzkng

Went awfully . Anyone else think the same .

Did you do streetcar?

Reply 18

CrissyNix

3

Original post by X3bea

Was the streetcar question deception or depiction? Because if it was deception it was awful

I think it was deception, because I forgot the English meaning of deception (perks of doing Spanish ugh) and thought it meant disappointment rather than what it actually means. I did the other question but both weren't great.