AQA GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE 8702/2 Paper 2 Modern texts and poetry Version: 1.0 Final IB/M/Jun23/E9 8702/2| QUESTION PAPER & MARKING SCHEME/ [MERGED] Marking scheme June 2023

GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE 8702/2 Paper 2 Modern texts and poetry Version: 1.0 Final IB/M/Jun23/E9 8702/2 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. GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE Paper 2 Modern texts and poetry 2 IB/M/Jun23/8702/2 There are no questions printed on this page 3 IB/M/Jun23/8702/2 Turn over ► 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 Inc