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AQA
A-level
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Paper 2 Exploring Conflict
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R
TU
Wednesday 5 June 2024 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
A
Materials
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For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book
TE
• a copy of the set texts you have studied for Section A and Section B. These texts must not be
annotated and must not contain additional notes or materials.
LI
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. D
N
Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7707/2.
• There are two sections:
A
Section A: Writing about Society
Section B: Dramatic Encounters
E
• Answer three questions in total: two questions from Section A and one question from Section B.
G
• Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
A
Information
U
• The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
G
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets. There are 55 marks in total for the questions in
N
Section A and 45 marks for the question in Section B.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
LA
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
SH
Advice
LI
It is recommended that you spend 80 minutes on Section A and 70 minutes on Section B.
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EN
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Section A
Writing about Society
Answer on one text in this section.
Answer both questions on your chosen set text.
Either
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Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer
R
TU
0 1 Read the section of Chapter 2,
from
A
R
‘Ken Thompson, the owner of an Anchorage auto-body shop, Gordon Samel, his
employee, and their friend Ferdie Swanson, a construction worker, set out for the bus on
TE
September 6, 1992, stalking moose.’
LI
to
D
‘You better call the troopers. There’s a man back in the bus by the Sushana. Looks like
N
he’s been dead for a while.’
A
This describes the finding of Chris’s body by a group of local Alaskans and their
notification of it to the State Troopers.
E
G
Recast the base text into an account that Ferdie Swanson gives to an Alaska State
A
Trooper about the discovery of Chris’s body.
U
In your transformation you should consider:
G
• Swanson and his friends’ reactions to the discovery of Chris’s body during their
N
intended hunting trip
• his interactions with the state trooper and his impressions of Chris’s final days in the
LA
bus.
You should write about 300 words.
SH
[25 marks]
LI
and
G
EN
0 2 Write a commentary explaining the decisions you have made in transforming the base
text for this new account and the effects of reshaping Krakauer’s original description.
In your commentary you should:
• consider how you have used language to shape your intended meaning
• demonstrate the connections between the base text and your transformed text
• structure your commentary clearly to express your ideas.
You should write about 400 words.
[30 marks]
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AQA
A-level
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Paper 2 Exploring Conflict
E
R
TU
Wednesday 5 June 2024 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
A
Materials
R
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book
TE
• a copy of the set texts you have studied for Section A and Section B. These texts must not be
annotated and must not contain additional notes or materials.
LI
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. D
N
Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7707/2.
• There are two sections:
A
Section A: Writing about Society
Section B: Dramatic Encounters
E
• Answer three questions in total: two questions from Section A and one question from Section B.
G
• Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
A
Information
U
• The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
G
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets. There are 55 marks in total for the questions in
N
Section A and 45 marks for the question in Section B.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
LA
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
SH
Advice
LI
It is recommended that you spend 80 minutes on Section A and 70 minutes on Section B.
G
EN
IB/G/Jun24/G4004/E4 7707/2
Page 1 of 12
, 000002
2
Section A
Writing about Society
Answer on one text in this section.
Answer both questions on your chosen set text.
Either
E
Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer
R
TU
0 1 Read the section of Chapter 2,
from
A
R
‘Ken Thompson, the owner of an Anchorage auto-body shop, Gordon Samel, his
employee, and their friend Ferdie Swanson, a construction worker, set out for the bus on
TE
September 6, 1992, stalking moose.’
LI
to
D
‘You better call the troopers. There’s a man back in the bus by the Sushana. Looks like
N
he’s been dead for a while.’
A
This describes the finding of Chris’s body by a group of local Alaskans and their
notification of it to the State Troopers.
E
G
Recast the base text into an account that Ferdie Swanson gives to an Alaska State
A
Trooper about the discovery of Chris’s body.
U
In your transformation you should consider:
G
• Swanson and his friends’ reactions to the discovery of Chris’s body during their
N
intended hunting trip
• his interactions with the state trooper and his impressions of Chris’s final days in the
LA
bus.
You should write about 300 words.
SH
[25 marks]
LI
and
G
EN
0 2 Write a commentary explaining the decisions you have made in transforming the base
text for this new account and the effects of reshaping Krakauer’s original description.
In your commentary you should:
• consider how you have used language to shape your intended meaning
• demonstrate the connections between the base text and your transformed text
• structure your commentary clearly to express your ideas.
You should write about 400 words.
[30 marks]
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