Year 13 ‘Hamlet’
Extract Question
Practice Pack
1
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,Specimen Extract Questions (Question 1a)
You have 45 minutes to answer this question in the exam
AO2 is the dominant assessment objective for this section.
The weightings for the Assessment Objectives in this part (a) question are:
AO2 – 75%
AO1 – 25%
Level 6: 13–15 marks
● Well-developed and consistently detailed discussion of effects
AO2
(including dramatic effects) of language, form and structure.
● Excellent and consistently effective use of analytical methods.
(75%
● Consistently effective use of quotations and references to text, critically
)
addressed, blended into discussion.
● Excellent and consistently detailed understanding of text and question
AO1
with critical concepts and terminology used accurately and consistently.
● Well-structured, coherent and detailed argument consistently
(25%
developed with consistently fluent and accurate writing in appropriate
)
register.
Level 5: 11–12 marks
● Developed and good level of detail in discussion of effects (including
AO2
dramatic effects) of language, form and structure.
● Good use of analytical methods.
(75%
● Good use of quotations and references to text, generally critically
)
addressed.
● Good and secure understanding of text and question with critical
AO1 concepts and terminology used accurately.
● Well-structured argument with clear line of development and a good
(25% level of coherence and accuracy of writing in
)
appropriate register.
Level 4: 8–10 marks
● Generally developed discussion of effects (including dramatic effects)
AO2
of language, form and structure.
● Competent use of analytical methods.
(75%
● Competent use of illustrative quotations and references to support
)
discussion.
AO1 ● Competent understanding of text and question with critical concepts
and terminology used appropriately.
(25% ● Straightforward arguments competently structured with clear writing in
) generally appropriate register.
Act 1 SCENE I. Elsinore. A platform before the castle.
FRANCISCO at his post. Enter to him BERNARDO
BERNARDO
Who's there?
FRANCISCO
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, Nay, answer me: stand, and unfold yourself.
BERNARDO
Long live the king!
FRANCISCO
Bernardo?
BERNARDO
He.
FRANCISCO
You come most carefully upon your hour.
BERNARDO
'Tis now struck twelve; get thee to bed, Francisco.
FRANCISCO
For this relief much thanks: 'tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.
BERNARDO
Have you had quiet guard?
FRANCISCO
Not a mouse stirring.
BERNARDO
Well, good night.
If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus,
The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste.
FRANCISCO
I think I hear them. Stand, ho! Who's there?
Enter HORATIO and MARCELLUS
HORATIO
Friends to this ground.
MARCELLUS
And liegemen to the Dane.
FRANCISCO
Give you good night.
MARCELLUS
O, farewell, honest soldier:
Who hath relieved you?
FRANCISCO
Bernardo has my place.
Give you good night.
Exit
MARCELLUS
Holla! Bernardo!
BERNARDO
Say,
What, is Horatio there?
HORATIO
A piece of him.
BERNARDO
Welcome, Horatio: welcome, good Marcellus.
MARCELLUS
What, has this thing appear'd again to-night?
BERNARDO
I have seen nothing.
MARCELLUS
Horatio says 'tis but our fantasy,
And will not let belief take hold of him
Touching this dreaded sight, twice seen of us:
Therefore I have entreated him along
With us to watch the minutes of this night;
That if again this apparition come,
He may approve our eyes and speak to it.
SCENE II. A room of state in the
castle.
Enter KING CLAUDIUS, QUEEN
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Extract Question
Practice Pack
1
,2
,Specimen Extract Questions (Question 1a)
You have 45 minutes to answer this question in the exam
AO2 is the dominant assessment objective for this section.
The weightings for the Assessment Objectives in this part (a) question are:
AO2 – 75%
AO1 – 25%
Level 6: 13–15 marks
● Well-developed and consistently detailed discussion of effects
AO2
(including dramatic effects) of language, form and structure.
● Excellent and consistently effective use of analytical methods.
(75%
● Consistently effective use of quotations and references to text, critically
)
addressed, blended into discussion.
● Excellent and consistently detailed understanding of text and question
AO1
with critical concepts and terminology used accurately and consistently.
● Well-structured, coherent and detailed argument consistently
(25%
developed with consistently fluent and accurate writing in appropriate
)
register.
Level 5: 11–12 marks
● Developed and good level of detail in discussion of effects (including
AO2
dramatic effects) of language, form and structure.
● Good use of analytical methods.
(75%
● Good use of quotations and references to text, generally critically
)
addressed.
● Good and secure understanding of text and question with critical
AO1 concepts and terminology used accurately.
● Well-structured argument with clear line of development and a good
(25% level of coherence and accuracy of writing in
)
appropriate register.
Level 4: 8–10 marks
● Generally developed discussion of effects (including dramatic effects)
AO2
of language, form and structure.
● Competent use of analytical methods.
(75%
● Competent use of illustrative quotations and references to support
)
discussion.
AO1 ● Competent understanding of text and question with critical concepts
and terminology used appropriately.
(25% ● Straightforward arguments competently structured with clear writing in
) generally appropriate register.
Act 1 SCENE I. Elsinore. A platform before the castle.
FRANCISCO at his post. Enter to him BERNARDO
BERNARDO
Who's there?
FRANCISCO
3
, Nay, answer me: stand, and unfold yourself.
BERNARDO
Long live the king!
FRANCISCO
Bernardo?
BERNARDO
He.
FRANCISCO
You come most carefully upon your hour.
BERNARDO
'Tis now struck twelve; get thee to bed, Francisco.
FRANCISCO
For this relief much thanks: 'tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.
BERNARDO
Have you had quiet guard?
FRANCISCO
Not a mouse stirring.
BERNARDO
Well, good night.
If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus,
The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste.
FRANCISCO
I think I hear them. Stand, ho! Who's there?
Enter HORATIO and MARCELLUS
HORATIO
Friends to this ground.
MARCELLUS
And liegemen to the Dane.
FRANCISCO
Give you good night.
MARCELLUS
O, farewell, honest soldier:
Who hath relieved you?
FRANCISCO
Bernardo has my place.
Give you good night.
Exit
MARCELLUS
Holla! Bernardo!
BERNARDO
Say,
What, is Horatio there?
HORATIO
A piece of him.
BERNARDO
Welcome, Horatio: welcome, good Marcellus.
MARCELLUS
What, has this thing appear'd again to-night?
BERNARDO
I have seen nothing.
MARCELLUS
Horatio says 'tis but our fantasy,
And will not let belief take hold of him
Touching this dreaded sight, twice seen of us:
Therefore I have entreated him along
With us to watch the minutes of this night;
That if again this apparition come,
He may approve our eyes and speak to it.
SCENE II. A room of state in the
castle.
Enter KING CLAUDIUS, QUEEN
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