Varieties across texts (Edexcel A-Level English Language and Literature) quiz

The Gothic tradition

Tragedy as a genre

Dystopian fiction

Crossing Boundaries

An unseen prose non-fiction extract linked to the theme

An extract from a studied play, examined for its dramatic methods

Two thematically paired poems compared for form and language

An anthology of spoken transcripts analysed for prosody and turns

Close analysis of a single unseen extract chosen by the examiner

A comparison of the two studied literary texts on the theme

An original creative writing task responding to the chosen theme

An analysis of a spoken transcript using conversation features

Plot content simply to be summarised in order

A fixed list of facts and dates to memorise

A lens for analysing how texts shape meaning

A distinct genre of poetry with set conventions

AO1 and AO5, the methods and creative writing objectives

AO3 only, the contextual objective in isolation

AO4 and AO5, connections plus original writing

AO1, AO2, AO3 and AO4

Section B assesses both texts equally, so uneven knowledge unbalances the comparison

Only one text is examined, so balanced knowledge of the pairing is never actually tested in Section B

Balance is not required because AO4 connections can be made from a single text studied closely

The poetry text is always worth more marks, so it should be prioritised over the prose pairing

A type of rhyme scheme used to close a sonnet's final couplet neatly

A turn or shift in the poem, often of stance or argument

A stage direction printed alongside the lines of a verse drama

A unit of metre made up of one stressed and one unstressed syllable

Ignoring the form entirely and writing only about imagery and word choice in the lines

Counting the stanzas and lines and reporting these numbers without linking them to meaning

Analysing how the shape, line structure, metre and rhyme produce effects

Focusing solely on the rhyme scheme and naming it without exploring any wider effect

The writer's biography and the publication history of the extract you are given

A memorised set text from your study, mapping its plot onto the unseen passage

The rhyme scheme, since unseen non-fiction prose is still analysed for its metre

The theme, since the extract is chosen to connect with it

A construction the poem builds, positioning the reader

Identical to the poet's own biography, so every claim the speaker makes is the poet's view

An irrelevant detail that should be set aside when writing about the poem's methods

The examiner reading the paper, addressed directly through the poem's use of pronouns