Unseen poetry overview quiz - AQA GCSE English Literature quiz

Paper 1, Section A

Paper 2, Section C

Paper 2, Section A

Paper 2, Section B

AO1, AO2 and AO3

AO2 and AO3 only

AO1 and AO2 only

All four objectives

There is never any historical context that could possibly relate to an unseen poem

The poems chosen are always far too modern to have any context worth writing about

Writing about any context is strictly banned in the unseen section of the exam

Only AO1 and AO2 are assessed, so close reading earns the marks

Subject, attitude or tone, method, effect

Read the poem, summarise the plot, quote a line, then write a conclusion

Identify the form, rhyme scheme, metre, and the historical context

Note the title, the poet, the date written, and the main theme

To memorise the whole poem in case the printed copy is taken away from you

First for meaning, then for method, so you do not misread it

Because reading an unseen poem only once is against the exam rules

To count exactly how many lines the poem contains before you start

The single correct reading of the poem that you are expected to recall and write down

A plain summary that retells what happens in the poem from start to finish

A clear, defensible reading supported by textual evidence

A guess about events in the poet's own life and background

The historical and social contexts in which each of the two poems was written

The biographies and life stories of the two different poets who wrote them

Only the rhyme schemes of the two poems and nothing else

The methods the two poets use to present a similar feeling or idea

It carries fewer marks, so effort should match the smaller allocation

It is an optional question that you are allowed to leave out entirely

It is not actually assessed and earns you no marks at all in the exam

It only ever needs a single short sentence as your full answer

A change in the spelling of a word that the poet has deliberately used somewhere in a line

Any point where the poem changes direction in tone, perspective, argument or pace

The title that the poet has chosen to give to the whole poem

A particular type of metaphor that compares two unlike things

It earns extra AO3 context marks that are not available for language analysis

It is a strict requirement for AO4, which rewards accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar

Many answers analyse only language, so a structural point adds depth others miss

It completely replaces the need for any close reading of the language