2025 OCR A Level English Language and Literature (EMC) H474/03 Reading as a writer, writing as
a reader Combined Question Paper & Final Marking Scheme
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Friday 13 June 2025 – Morning
A Level English Language and Literature (EMC)
H474/03 Reading as a writer, writing as a reader
Time allowed: 2 hours
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
• clean copies of the texts
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer one question in Section A and both questions in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 64.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 8 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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Section A
Reading as a writer
Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre
F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart
Arundhati Roy: The God of Small Things
Ian McEwan: Atonement
Jhumpa Lahiri: The Namesake
Answer Question 1 or Question 2.
Use the text that you have studied in your answer.
You should spend about 1 hour on this section.
1 In what ways does the writer use narrative to help us see things differently?
You should range across the text to explore how features such as character, setting and
viewpoint are used to provide a fresh or original view of events, the function of the unexpected in
the novel as a whole, and the broader generic context. [32]
Or
2 In what ways does the writer use narrative to build up the reader’s expectations?
You should range across the text to explore how features such as character, setting and
viewpoint are used to heighten our expectations in the novel, the function of suspense in the
novel as a whole, and the broader generic context. [32]
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a reader Combined Question Paper & Final Marking Scheme
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Friday 13 June 2025 – Morning
A Level English Language and Literature (EMC)
H474/03 Reading as a writer, writing as a reader
Time allowed: 2 hours
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
• clean copies of the texts
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer one question in Section A and both questions in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 64.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 8 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
, © OCR 2025 [601/4704/0] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (PQ) 347141/2 Turn over
*1357034690*
, 2
BLANK PAGE
© OCR 2025 H474/03 Jun25
, 3
Section A
Reading as a writer
Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre
F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart
Arundhati Roy: The God of Small Things
Ian McEwan: Atonement
Jhumpa Lahiri: The Namesake
Answer Question 1 or Question 2.
Use the text that you have studied in your answer.
You should spend about 1 hour on this section.
1 In what ways does the writer use narrative to help us see things differently?
You should range across the text to explore how features such as character, setting and
viewpoint are used to provide a fresh or original view of events, the function of the unexpected in
the novel as a whole, and the broader generic context. [32]
Or
2 In what ways does the writer use narrative to build up the reader’s expectations?
You should range across the text to explore how features such as character, setting and
viewpoint are used to heighten our expectations in the novel, the function of suspense in the
novel as a whole, and the broader generic context. [32]
© OCR 2025 H474/03 Jun25 Turn over
