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Component 01: Drama and poetry pre-1900

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 the pre-1900 drama text for OCR Section 2, reading it as theatre and feeding it into a comparison?

Analysing the pre-1900 drama text (H472/01 Section 2): reading the play as theatre, building a whole-play evidence bank without an extract, and analysing dramatic method to feed a context-led comparison with the poetry text.
How to analyse the pre-1900 drama text for OCR A-Level English Literature Section 2 (H472/01): reading the play as theatre, building a whole-play evidence bank without an extract, and analysing dramatic method to feed a context-led comparison with the paired poetry text.
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How do you analyse the pre-1900 poetry text for OCR Section 2, reading form and voice and feeding it into a comparison?

Analysing the pre-1900 poetry text (H472/01 Section 2): reading poetic method (form, structure, imagery, voice, metre), handling a collection or long poem from memory, and feeding the analysis into a context-led comparison with the drama text.
How to analyse the pre-1900 poetry text for OCR A-Level English Literature Section 2 (H472/01): reading poetic method (form, structure, imagery, voice, metre), handling a collection or long poem from memory, and feeding the analysis into a context-led comparison with the drama text.
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How do genre and literary tradition shape the OCR Section 2 comparison, and how do you use them as context (AO3)?

Genre and literary tradition (H472/01 Section 2): using genre conventions and literary tradition as the contextual frame that connects the pre-1900 drama and poetry texts, the AO3-led, AO4 backbone of the Section 2 comparison.
How genre and literary tradition shape the OCR A-Level English Literature Section 2 comparison (H472/01): using genre conventions and literary tradition as the contextual frame (AO3) that connects the pre-1900 drama and poetry texts and drives the comparison (AO4).
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How do you write the OCR Section 2 comparative essay on a pre-1900 drama text and a pre-1900 poetry text, with AO3 dominant?

The drama and poetry comparative essay (H472/01 Section 2): an integrated comparison of one pre-1900 drama text and one pre-1900 poetry text, with AO3 dominant, AO4 secondary, and AO1, AO2 supporting (30 marks).
How to write the OCR A-Level English Literature Section 2 comparative essay (H472/01): an integrated comparison of one pre-1900 drama text and one pre-1900 poetry text, with AO3 the dominant objective, AO4 secondary, and AO1, AO2 supporting, in a closed-book exam.
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