A2 Unit 5 Prose Study overview quiz - WJEC A-Level English Literature quiz

A non-exam assessment (coursework) researched over time

A two-hour closed-book written exam

A multiple-choice test marked automatically

An oral examination in front of an assessor

Both texts must be published before 1900

Both texts must be published after 2000

One text published before 2000 and one after 2000

The texts may be from any periods, with no requirement

Around 800 to 1200 words

About 2500 to 3500 words

Roughly 6000 to 8000 words

Exactly 500 words

Only the biography of the two authors

Context, literary tradition, movement or genre

Only the plots of the two texts in summary

Spelling and punctuation accuracy alone

Only one, AO1

Only AO4, comparison

Two, AO2 and AO3

All five, AO1 to AO5

An integrated comparison held across both texts

Two separate reviews placed one after the other

A complete plot summary of each text

The longest possible bibliography of sources

It does not matter at all for coursework

It can replace having an argument entirely

As coursework, it shows independent research and is assessed

It is only needed in the timed exam units

20% of the A level

60% of the A level

5% of the A level

100% of the A level

Because a broad theme is banned by the specification

Because a vast focus cannot be argued in the word count

Because narrow questions need no research at all

Because the examiner counts the number of themes used

AO2, the analysis of literary method

AO1, an informed and well-written response

AO3, the significance and influence of contexts

AO4, exploring connections across literary texts

As a detachable history section with no link to the texts

By ignoring it, since AO3 is not assessed here

To explain a comparative point about the two texts

By listing every fact about both periods in turn

There is no need to analyse method or argue a case

Time to research, draft, refine and reference accurately

The texts can be ignored in favour of secondary sources

No comparison between the texts is required