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Studied written texts · Part 4 of 4
6 exam-style questions with model answers, plus 12 quick multi-choice questions — every question on this part of the standard, grouped by the 3 pages of notes they come from.
Write a full answer before you reveal the model one. That comparison is where the learning happens.
Explain how to build a critical argument on a set of poems rather than a single poem, and how to keep it from becoming a list.
Using Tally, discuss the extent to which a poem that withholds interpretation is stronger than one that states it.
Explain what counts as evidence in a drama script, and explain why a Shakespearean script needs a further check that a modern one does not.
Discuss the extent to which a dramatic convention can fairly be criticised, using the verse-to-prose shift in The Rood.
Explain how a persona is built in non-fiction, and explain what a critical response says about one that an analysis does not.
Using the passage from The Careful Word, discuss the extent to which a concession can be both genuine and strategic.