AQA A-level ENGLISH LITERATURE B 7717/2A Paper 2A Texts and genres: E| QUESTION PAPER & MARKING SCHEME| [MERGED] Marking scheme June 2023 | lements of crime writing

AQA A-level ENGLISH LITERATURE B 7717/2A Paper 2A Texts and genres: Elements of crime writing Version: 1.0 Final IB/G/Jun23/E6 7717/2A Thursday 8 June 2023 Morning Time allowed: 3 hours Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 12-page answer book • a copy of the set text(s) you have studied for Section B and Section C. These texts must not be annotated and must not contain additional notes or materials. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7717/2A. • You must answer the question in Section A, one question from Section B and one question from Section C. Over Section B and Section C you must write about three texts: one poetry text, one post-2000 prose text and one further text. • Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 75. • You will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. • In your response you need to: – analyse carefully the writers’ methods – explore the contexts of the texts you are writing about – explore connections across the texts you have studied – explore different interpretations of your texts. A-level ENGLISH LITERATURE