OCR A-level English Literature Paper 2 (H472/02) - 5th June 2024 [Exam Chat]

just did paper 1, any predictions for the gothic?? I am doing Dracula and the Bloody Chamber is anyone doing the same? good luck with everyone's exams!!!

i do the same texts !! hoping for something nice like taboo/the forbidden but i feel like those have come up too frequently. maybe it could be something like violence? how did you find paper 1?

meh it was alright, what about you? and yeah same i am hoping the questions to be good 😭

just did paper 1, any predictions for the gothic?? I am doing Dracula and the Bloody Chamber is anyone doing the same? good luck with everyone's exams!!!

just did paper 1, any predictions for the gothic?? I am doing Dracula and the Bloody Chamber is anyone doing the same? good luck with everyone's exams!!!

i am! tbh i don't have any predictions as of yet but im hoping something on gender, traditional roles/stories or societal structure.
for the gothic how many links of a03 to other stories would you do in total? also do you link aspects of the gothic passage to dracula and tbc? my teacher says not too as they're our set texts but i've seen exemplars do it successfully so i wonder why she told us to not. its kinda annoying if we can't but i get not linking the gothic solely to them alone

Does anyone have any recommendations on how they memorise quotes? I do Dracula and The Bloody Chamber btw. Should I do it based on Theme? Chronological order or by each short story? By characters? Or should I have some general quotes that I can just chuck in if the questions are all niche?

i am! tbh i don't have any predictions as of yet but im hoping something on gender, traditional roles/stories or societal structure.
for the gothic how many links of a03 to other stories would you do in total? also do you link aspects of the gothic passage to dracula and tbc? my teacher says not too as they're our set texts but i've seen exemplars do it successfully so i wonder why she told us to not. its kinda annoying if we can't but i get not linking the gothic solely to them alone

Does anyone have any recommendations on how they memorise quotes? I do Dracula and The Bloody Chamber btw. Should I do it based on Theme? Chronological order or by each short story? By characters? Or should I have some general quotes that I can just chuck in if the questions are all niche?

yeah paper 1 was kind of meh for me too - like nothing went wrong but i feel like my writing style was a lot weaker than usual. i thought the comparative question options were really nice though.

Has anyone got good advice for paper 2 American literature 1880-1940, I hate doing the american unseen, feel like i just waffle on a bit and don't speak on literary devices enough.. anyone got advice on how to do it accurately and how much to comment on? thanks

Does anyone have predictions for dystopia? I feel like hardly anyone does it 😔

I feel like isolation might come up for the handmaids tale- or something to do with relationships/human connections. In terms of 1984 I have no idea, possibly government control? I'm just stressing about the unseen question as that always seems to be my weak point!