AQA A-level English Literature B Paper 2 - 22nd May 2025 [Exam Chat]

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AQA A-Level English Literature B Paper 2: Texts and genres (7717/2A-2B) - Thursday 22nd May 2025 [Exam Chat]
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Date/Time: Thursday 22nd May 2025 AM
Length: 3h
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Reply 1

henriettahoward

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Hi guys, what are your predictions for Section B and C?? I do Brighton Rock, Atonement and Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Reply 2

spicedtree

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by Evil Homer

AQA A-Level English Literature B Paper 2: Texts and genres (7717/2A-2B) - Thursday 22nd May 2025 [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. :yy:

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Date/Time: Thursday 22nd May 2025 AM
Length: 3h
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Anyone else do these texts for 2B (social and political protest): The Handmaid's Tale, The Kite Runner and Songs of Innocence and Experience? Predictions?

Reply 3

in-depth-gold

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I do handmaids and streetcar, Skirrid hill

Reply 4

heidinorah1

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by spicedtree

Anyone else do these texts for 2B (social and political protest): The Handmaid's Tale, The Kite Runner and Songs of Innocence and Experience? Predictions?

i do kite runner - think theres gonna be a question about amir as an unreliable narrator

Reply 5

wpxx

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by henriettahoward

Hi guys, what are your predictions for Section B and C?? I do Brighton Rock, Atonement and Rime of the Ancient Mariner

something about robbie as a victim for atonement in section b maybe

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anonymous483924

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by heidinorah1

i do kite runner - think theres gonna be a question about amir as an unreliable narrator

omg I hope not, you think it’s worth doing an essay plan for?

Reply 7

heidinorah1

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by anonymous483924

omg I hope not, you think it’s worth doing an essay plan for?

tbh i’m not certain!! but always worth doing an essay plan i’d say, i think amir as an unreliable narrator is both broad/specific, and you could cover lots of aspects (childhood, women, ethnicity) and it ties into redemption so i reckon it’s a viable option but i have no real idea LOL

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anonymous483924

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by heidinorah1

tbh i’m not certain!! but always worth doing an essay plan i’d say, i think amir as an unreliable narrator is both broad/specific, and you could cover lots of aspects (childhood, women, ethnicity) and it ties into redemption so i reckon it’s a viable option but i have no real idea LOL

Okay thank you! I’m hoping for something like redemption or memories and the past, hopefully not a character question I just feel like it’s too narrow :/ also are you planning on learning quotes or just relying on the book? I’m not sure what to do

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heidinorah1

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by anonymous483924

Okay thank you! I’m hoping for something like redemption or memories and the past, hopefully not a character question I just feel like it’s too narrow :/ also are you planning on learning quotes or just relying on the book? I’m not sure what to do

just gonna use the book, i’m fairly confident with where things are in the text and i don’t use many quotes in practice anyway, hbu?

Reply 10

ImaoKat

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Hi guys!! I do handmaid's and streetcar comparison, unseen prose and feminine gospels.
I'm so nervous for paper 2 because I didn't do very well on paper 1.. do you guys have any tips for writing essays?

Reply 11

liliarosejoyce

hey! i study handmaids tale, kite runner and Blake poetry. does anyone have an idea as to what the unseen extract could be ik it's really hard to predict so might be a stretch. also any tips on how to plan or revise for unseen would be so helpful?!

Reply 12

heidinorah1

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by liliarosejoyce

hey! i study handmaids tale, kite runner and Blake poetry. does anyone have an idea as to what the unseen extract could be ik it's really hard to predict so might be a stretch. also any tips on how to plan or revise for unseen would be so helpful?!

for unseen just practice loads of extract annotation! use past papers and keep practicing annotating them through the lens of psp, and see what critical lens you can connect them to!

Reply 13

anonymous483924

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by heidinorah1

just gonna use the book, i’m fairly confident with where things are in the text and i don’t use many quotes in practice anyway, hbu?

I feel like I’ve memorised quite a few I’m just worried I’ll spent too long in the exam finding the right page so I’m feeling unsure, honestly just praying it’s a nice questions for TKR

Reply 14

Sf2507

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Wjat are some a dolls house predictions

Reply 15

ez123456

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by liliarosejoyce

hey! i study handmaids tale, kite runner and Blake poetry. does anyone have an idea as to what the unseen extract could be ik it's really hard to predict so might be a stretch. also any tips on how to plan or revise for unseen would be so helpful?!

hey girl i do the exact same and my teachers think it could be a play or a poem purely based off of past papers🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

Reply 16

anonymous483924

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by ez123456

hey girl i do the exact same and my teachers think it could be a play or a poem purely based off of past papers🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

yeah it’s been modern prose from 21st century for the past 2 years it’s bound to be some older pre 1900 stuff this year

Reply 17

heidinorah1

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by anonymous483924

yeah it’s been modern prose from 21st century for the past 2 years it’s bound to be some older pre 1900 stuff this year

my teacher thinks it’ll be a drama, they’ve only done poetry once i think so she thinks that’s unlikely but maybe it will come up bc they haven’t done it

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anonymous483924

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by heidinorah1

my teacher thinks it’ll be a drama, they’ve only done poetry once i think so she thinks that’s unlikely but maybe it will come up bc they haven’t done it

My teacher thinks it will be romantic poetry so idk, I’m just going to revise both dramatic and poetic methods to be safe🙏

Reply 19

michaelaaormrod

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by henriettahoward

Hi guys, what are your predictions for Section B and C?? I do Brighton Rock, Atonement and Rime of the Ancient Mariner

My predictions for B (for atonement) are either the impacts of war, social pressures contributing to Robbie and Cecilia's separation or Briony not committing her crime with bad intent.
For C I'm predicting social welfare contributing to crime, if 'justice' is achieved by the end of the text or the portrayal of violence in crime texts.

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