Oxford Cambridge and RSA - 2025
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
(Verified Question Paper With Mark
Scheme Combined June 2025)
, 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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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
(Verified Question Paper With Mark
Scheme Combined June 2025)
, 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
OCR is an exempt
[601/4704/0] DC (PQ)
Charity Turn over
347141/2
, 2
BLANK PAGE
© OCR H474/03
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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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