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I was wondering if anyone had a list or some suggestions for themes/practice questions that might come up in either of the AQA English Literature papers. I want to do some practice essays but i don't really see the point in past papers for English Lit as these will likely not come up. The texts I'm doing are An Inspector calls and Of Mice and Men, and the cluster I am doing in Conflict.
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I was wondering if anyone had a list or some suggestions for themes/practice questions that might come up in either of the AQA English Literature papers. I want to do some practice essays but I don't really see the point in past papers for English Lit as these will likely not come up. The texts I'm doing are An Inspector calls and Of Mice and Men, and the cluster I am doing in Conflict.
Thanks

Many people think that as it's the last exam with those specifications part b on 'of mice and men' will be on settings and part a, on 'Curley' as it has not come up in a while. For 'an inspector call's' it may be 'sheila' or the 'Inspector'. For conflict I have no idea.

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My teachers seem to think for AIC it will be either Eric or Gerald

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(Original post by elliemayanne)
My teachers seem to think for AIC it will be either Eric or Gerald

But I am just as curious for Conflict

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(Original post by macohe)
Many people think that as it's the last exam with those specifications part b on 'of mice and men' will be on settings and part a, on 'Curley' as it has not come up in a while. For 'an inspector call's' it may be 'sheila' or the 'Inspector'. For conflict I have no idea.

Ok thanks that's really helpful

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Gerald hasn't come up
Sheila hasn't since 2012

Curley hasn't come up
Curley's wife's death hasn't either

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Is anyone willing to right a model paragraph for me please on any of the AIC past paper questions?

If that question was given to you in the exam, what would you write - i only want 1 paragraph unless you are willing to write the entire essay!

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(Original post by RosieB1717)
Gerald hasn't come up
Sheila hasn't since 2012

Curley hasn't come up
Curley's wife's death hasn't either

Curley has and so has the death of his wife. I did past papers on them. Curley came up in 2013 I think.

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Curley has and so has the death of his wife. I did past papers on them. Curley came up in 2013 I think.

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Curley hasn't in aqa

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Curley hasn't in aqa

Yes he has

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However it was a while ago

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My teacher said for OMAM: it's either Curley, Candy, George or Lennie (as separate characters)
for AIC it's either Gerald, Sheila. The Inspector or Eric for Character

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However it was a while ago

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Curley has never come up before, I think it might be him - or possibly dreams?

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An Inspector Calls: Sybil Birling or Gerald- Arthur Birling (last time he came up: 2015), Eva (2014) Eric (2013), The Inspector (2012), Sheila (2011)

My teacher has a feeling about a theme question on moral responsibility?

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Thank you all! This has been realy helpful!

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Is anyone willing to right a model paragraph for me please on any of the AIC past paper questions?

If that question was given to you in the exam, what would you write - i only want 1 paragraph unless you are willing to write the entire essay!

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Any question in particular?

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Gerald hasn't come up
Sheila hasn't since 2012

Curley hasn't come up
Curley's wife's death hasn't either

I did my English Lit last year and our extract was just before Curley's wife was about to die. I would focus on revising the text after and before maim events too because they did that to us.

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Which question? It will be good practice for me

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Which question? It will be good practice for me

June 2015, Q17: Arthur Birling describes himself as ‘a hard-headed, practical man of business’. How does Priestley present this and other views of Arthur Birling in An Inspector Calls?

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Any question in particular?

June 2014, Q17: How does Priestley present ideas about gender in An Inspector Calls?

Tbh, no questions in particular - just once I understand how to write it in a paragraph, it should be fine :P.

You both can switch each others questions I don't mind tbh - you can answer whichever one you like

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