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AS and A Level English Literature - H072, H472

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  • A Level English Literature component 03, if a text does not appear on the Text and Task tool database, does that mean it cannot be used?
  • Can my poetry, novel or play be used in your specification?
  • For AS Level English Literature Component 02, will the unseen extract be linked to the topic area from the A Level, or just thematically to the AS prose set text?
  • For AS Level English Literature Component 02, what should be the balance between extract and whole text on prose section of paper 2?
  • For the AS Level English Literature poetry question (component 01, section 2), how far should students focus on the printed extract?
  • For A Level English Literature component 02, why isn’t AO2 assessed in the comparative essay for Section 2?
  • For A Level English Literature component 01, why isn’t AO2 assessed in the discursive Shakespeare essay in Section 2, Part B?
  • For A Level English Literature component 01, why isn’t AO2 assessed in the comparative essay for Section 2?
  • For A Level English Literature component 03, can teachers select the coursework texts for the candidates, rather than allowing candidates a free choice?
  • For A Level English Literature Component 03, what genre of text works best for each kind of task?
  • For A Level English Literature component 03, does Task 2 need to be linked thematically to Task 1?
  • For A Level English Literature component 03, should I include the chosen passage with my submission?
  • For A Level English Literature component 03, how many poems should be referenced in any depth for these tasks for Literature Post-1900?
  • A Level English Literature: Component 03 - How many poems are in a ‘collection’ for Literature Post-1900?
  • For A Level English Literature component 03, how much reference to the ‘whole text/wider text’?
  • For A Level English Literature, what is the word limit for component 03?
  • For A Level English Literature component 03 - Literature post-1900 NEA, how do I submit my Text and Task titles to Cambridge OCR?
  • Which editions of the set texts should we buy?
  • Could you clarify how long each of the set texts will remain on the specification?
  • How do I determine the mark within a level using the mark scheme for A Level English Literature?
  • What mark scheme levels correspond to which grades?
  • If a student has done brilliantly on most of the AOs but has little coverage of or missed out an AO completely, would they still be able to get Level 6?
  • For A Level English Literature AO4, how should students manage questions about comparison?
  • For A Level English Literature AO4, what wider reading is required?
  • For AO2, how many quotations are you looking for?
  • For AO2, what are you looking for in terms of analysis and what do you mean by subject terminology?
  • For AO5, what does ‘explore literary texts informed by different interpretations;’ mean? Does this mean viewpoints of critics only, or is it sufficient to discuss their own varying interpretations, and perhaps interpret?
  • What is the text and task tool for A Level English Literature?
  • For A Level English Literature, will students be penalised for exceeding the NEA word count?
  • Can I use the set texts in component 2 for the NEA for A Level English Literature?
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