Modern texts overview quiz - AQA GCSE English Literature quiz

Paper 1, Section A

Paper 1, Section B

Paper 2, Section A

Paper 2, Section C

It prints two short extracts and asks you to compare how they are written

It is open book, so you may bring an annotated copy of the text in with you

It is multiple choice, with four set answers to pick from for each question

It has a choice of two questions and no printed extract

Because there is no printed extract, so all evidence comes from memory

Because the question is multiple choice and the quotations are listed for you

Because context is not assessed at all on the modern text part of the paper

Because the text is so short that you only need one or two quotations in total

Only the spoken dialogue between the characters and nothing else on the page

Stage directions, lighting, setting, entrances and exits, props and silence

The author's biography and the events of their life that inspired the play

The number of acts and scenes the playwright has divided the whole play into

There is no real difference at all, since the two words mean exactly the same thing

A theme is always a single word, while a topic has to be a full sentence

A topic is a subject; a theme is the argument the writer makes about that subject

A topic is only ever used in poetry, while a theme belongs only to drama

A long list of quotations that are not connected to any single line of argument

A summary of the plot that simply retells the events of the text in the order they happen

Extra marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar awarded under AO4 in the essay

A clear analytical structure showing how an idea is introduced, developed and resolved

It links character to authorial purpose and theme, turning description into argument

It guarantees full marks on the question whatever evidence you go on to give

It is required for AO4 and is where every one of the spelling and grammar marks comes from

It removes the need for quotations, since the writer's aim is stated for you

A summary of the plot that retells the main events in the order they happen

A single sentence that answers the question and sets your line of argument

A list of the techniques the writer uses, set out before you begin the essay

The conclusion of the essay, where you finally state your overall view

Pick whichever one sounds most impressive and hardest when you first read it

Always pick the character question, whatever evidence you happen to have ready

Pick the one your memorised quotation bank best supports

Always pick the first one listed, since it is the one the examiner expects

Opening the essay with a clear thesis that answers the question directly

Analysing the stagecraft of a drama text for its effect on the audience

Embedding relevant context only where it deepens a point about meaning

Writing a chronological retell instead of an argument