UNSEEN PROSE
Paper 2 - Texts in Shared Contexts: Modern Times - Literature from 1945 to the Present Day
Section B: Unseen Prose
Assessment Objective What it means
AO1 Articulate informed, personal and Informed, relevant response
creative response to literary texts, Accurately written
using associated concepts + Clear line of argument
terminology, and coherent, accurate Appropriate concepts + technical
written expression terminology to support points
AO2 Analyse ways in which meanings are Explain + analyse how writers use form,
shaped in literary texts structure, lang to create certain effects
Reference genre (prose/poetry/drama)
AO3 Demonstrate understanding of the Explain and analyse how the text reflects
significance and influence of the themes, ideas and issues prevalent at the
contexts in which literary texts are time of writing
written and received Reception of contemporary audience
AO4 Explore connections across literary Connections between texts
texts Potential meanings and interpretations
from broader context of study of period
Even when an individual text is being
investigated, it should still be seen as
being framed by a wider network of texts
and contexts to which it connects
AO5 Explore literary texts informed by Debate and interpretations will arise from
different interpretations AO2/3/4 - shows interpretation of texts as
a dynamic process
Language Choice
➔ Words of tentativeness: seems, suggests, implies, may be, could be seen as,
appears to propose, possibly, might, probably
➔ Words of analysis: demonstrates, proves, shows us that
➔ Words of authority: we can tell, it suggests that
➔ More formal connectives: therefore, thereby, despite this, however
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Paper 2 - Texts in Shared Contexts: Modern Times - Literature from 1945 to the Present Day
Section B: Unseen Prose
Assessment Objective What it means
AO1 Articulate informed, personal and Informed, relevant response
creative response to literary texts, Accurately written
using associated concepts + Clear line of argument
terminology, and coherent, accurate Appropriate concepts + technical
written expression terminology to support points
AO2 Analyse ways in which meanings are Explain + analyse how writers use form,
shaped in literary texts structure, lang to create certain effects
Reference genre (prose/poetry/drama)
AO3 Demonstrate understanding of the Explain and analyse how the text reflects
significance and influence of the themes, ideas and issues prevalent at the
contexts in which literary texts are time of writing
written and received Reception of contemporary audience
AO4 Explore connections across literary Connections between texts
texts Potential meanings and interpretations
from broader context of study of period
Even when an individual text is being
investigated, it should still be seen as
being framed by a wider network of texts
and contexts to which it connects
AO5 Explore literary texts informed by Debate and interpretations will arise from
different interpretations AO2/3/4 - shows interpretation of texts as
a dynamic process
Language Choice
➔ Words of tentativeness: seems, suggests, implies, may be, could be seen as,
appears to propose, possibly, might, probably
➔ Words of analysis: demonstrates, proves, shows us that
➔ Words of authority: we can tell, it suggests that
➔ More formal connectives: therefore, thereby, despite this, however
© 2024 Grades Express
