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Component 02: The language of poetry and plays

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you analyse poetic method (form, structure, imagery, voice, metre and sound) with linguistic precision, so that poetry analysis is integrated rather than a list of literary devices?

Analysing poetic method: reading form and structure, imagery and figurative language, voice and persona, and metre and sound, sharpened by the language levels (grammar, lexis, prosody), and moving from feature to effect in an integrated reading (AO1, AO2).
How to analyse poetic method (form, structure, imagery, voice, metre and sound) with linguistic precision for OCR A-Level English Language and Literature Component 02: reading the poem's method sharpened by the language levels, moving from feature to effect in an integrated reading rather than listing devices (AO1, AO2).
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How do you fuse linguistic and literary analysis on a poem so the language levels and poetic method work as one method, and context illuminates the reading?

Integrated analysis of poetry: fusing the language levels (grammar, lexis, prosody, discourse) with poetic method (form, imagery, voice) in single points, illuminated by the poetic tradition and period, so AO1, AO2 and AO3 work together on the verse.
How to fuse linguistic and literary analysis on a poem for OCR A-Level English Language and Literature Component 02: integrating the language levels with poetic method in single points, illuminated by the poetic tradition and period, so AO1, AO2 and AO3 work together on the verse.
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How do you answer the OCR Component 02 Section A poetry essay on a set collection, and what does the mark scheme reward in an integrated linguistic-literary reading?

The Component 02 Section A poetry essay (H474/02): an essay on a set poetry collection (32 marks), assessing AO1, AO2 and AO3 through an integrated reading of poetic method, language and context, handled closed text from memory.
How to answer the OCR A-Level English Language and Literature Component 02 Section A poetry essay (H474/02): an essay on a set poetry collection worth 32 marks, assessing AO1, AO2 and AO3 through an integrated reading of poetic method, language and context, handled closed text from memory.
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How do you command a set poetry collection as a whole for a closed-text exam, mapping its themes, methods and key poems so you can range across it under time pressure?

Commanding the set poetry collection (H474/02): knowing a collection as a whole for closed-text assessment, mapping recurring themes and methods, building a quotation bank tagged by theme, and preparing to range across poems for any question (AO1).
How to command a set poetry collection as a whole for the closed-text OCR A-Level English Language and Literature Component 02 exam: mapping recurring themes and methods, building a quotation bank tagged by theme, and preparing to range across poems from memory for any question (AO1).
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