AQA A Level English Literature A Paper 2 (option B) 7712/2B - 20 Jun 2022 [Exam Chat]

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How did the AQA A Level English Literature A Paper 2 (option B) exam go for you?

Here is the exam discussion for this exam. Talk anything from how to revise for it, specific questions or time management :ahee:

Date/Time: Monday 20th June PM
Length: 2h30

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Reply 1

H.dy

All links are broken for me, but i swear there's no advanced info for paper 2?

Reply 2

Mythical Pingu

Original post by H.dy

All links are broken for me, but i swear there's no advanced info for paper 2?

Thanks for the heads up - should be fixed now :smile:

Last exam letss gooo

This is the crime aqa a level lit chat right?

Reply 5

Ahhhhhhhhhhh0101

Original post by ells.e

This is the crime aqa a level lit chat right?

No 🤔

Reply 6

Mi964

anyone have any predictions for the theme for comparison
or if you are doing the handmaid's tale, what characters may come up

Reply 7

Ahhhhhhhhhhh0101

Does anyone have any advice, tips, links to resources for the unseen prose extract question? Realising now that I've never done anything like that! I plan to practise some but I have literally no idea where to start.

Reply 8

Mi964

Original post by Ahhhhhhhhhhh0101

my best advice would be to identify three over arching points in the extract e.g. if the theme is 'loss' you could explore within the extract the loss of identity, loss of the present, emotional loss etc
Also, to get into the top band always link back to how it relates to post modern literature e.g. does it include the emergence of the female voice? does it deal with the erasure of traditionalism? does it include a political message?
hope that helps

Reply 9

Ahhhhhhhhhhh0101

Original post by Mi964

Thank you ❤

Reply 10

Ahhhhhhhhhhh0101

Lmao living on this thread but does anyone have any predictions for section b? Looking at past papers it looks like it could be literally anything :/

Reply 11

H.dy

Original post by Ahhhhhhhhhhh0101

Lmao living on this thread but does anyone have any predictions for section b? Looking at past papers it looks like it could be literally anything :/

my teacher thinks class for the last question (and unseen i guess). same one that predicted othello was going to be abt desdemona's naivety. that prediction was hella sus so im learning class just to make sure.

Anyone for Sheer’s?

Original post by Pawocinnej

Anyone for Sheer’s?

yh and its the one i'm looking forward too tbh. cannot be asked for the modern prose and drama question. we do revolutionary road and cat on a hot tin roof and both are so annoying to write abt

Reply 14

merbibi

Original post by H.dy

I reckon that one might be a bit subjective. Difficult to argue if you're studying Feminine Gospels for example. I don't think I'd have any idea what to write for an essay on class :/

Reply 15

_b26

Original post by merbibi

I reckon that one might be a bit subjective. Difficult to argue if you're studying Feminine Gospels for example. I don't think I'd have any idea what to write for an essay on class :/

same here i’m doing ariel and there’s almost nothing to write for class

Reply 16

kaxxxxc2

Original post by Mi964

anyone have any predictions for the theme for comparison
or if you are doing the handmaid's tale, what characters may come up

all i know is less popular characters like the commander, serena joy and janine won't come up as they came up quite recently.

Reply 17

kaxxxxc2

Original post by merbibi

I reckon that one might be a bit subjective. Difficult to argue if you're studying Feminine Gospels for example. I don't think I'd have any idea what to write for an essay on class :/

oh god i really hope it's not class. i also do feminine gospels and i have no clue what you could mention about class.

Reply 18

merbibi

Idk if anyone else is like this but I'm literally so much weaker on paper 2 than paper 1. Like I'm just nowhere near as familiar with the texts and with the paper being 30 mins shorter I find the timings really difficult :/ anyone else feel the same?

Reply 19

femcellectual

Original post by kaxxxxc2

all i know is less popular characters like the commander, serena joy and janine won't come up as they came up quite recently.

My predictions are that THT will focus on genre/dystopian fiction or totalitarianism if it’s not a character question but they could throw anything at us