2023 AQA GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE 8702/2 Paper 2 Modern texts and poetry Question Paper & Mark scheme (Merged) June 2023 [VERIFIED]

2023 AQA GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE 8702/2 Paper 2 Modern texts and poetry Question Paper & Mark scheme (Merged) June 2023 [VERIFIED] GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE Paper 2 Modern texts and poetry Wednesday 24 May 2023 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 16-page answer book. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Do not use pencil. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 8702/2. • Answer one question from Section A, one question from Section B and both questions in Section C. • You must not use a dictionary. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 96. • AO4 will be assessed in Section A. There are 4 marks available for AO4 in Section A in addition to 30 marks for answering the question. AO4 assesses the following skills: use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. • There are 30 marks for Section B and 32 marks for Section C. IB/M/Jun23/E9 8702/2 2 There are no questions printed on this page IB/M/Jun23/8702/2 3 SECTION A Modern prose or drama Questions Page JB Priestley An Inspector Calls 1–2 4 Willy Russell Blood Brothers 3–4 5 Alan Bennett The History Boys 5–6 6 Dennis Kelly DNA 7–8 7 Simon Stephens The Curious Incident of the 9–10 8 Dog in the Night-Time Shelagh Delaney A Taste of Honey 11–12 9 William Golding Lord of the Flies 13–14 10 AQA Anthology Telling Tales 15–16 11 George Orwell Animal Farm 17–18 12 Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go 19–20 13 Meera Syal Anita and Me 21–22 14 Stephen Kelman Pigeon English 23–24 15 SECTION B Poetry Questions Page AQA Anthology Poems Past and Present Love and Relationships 25 17 Power and Conflict 26 20–21 SECTION C Unseen poetry 27.1 22 27.2 23 Turn over for Section A Turn over ► IB/M/Jun23/8702/2 4 Section A: Modern prose or drama Answer one question from this section on your chosen text. JB Priestley: An Inspector Calls Either 0 1 How does Priestley present what life is like for women in An Inspector Calls? Write about: • what life is shown to be like for women in the play • how Priestley presents what life is like for women. [30 marks] AO4 [4 marks] or 0 2 How does Priestley present the different ways older and younger characters respond to the Inspector? Write about: • the different ways older and younger ch