Strange Questions!

Last Minute Tips for Lit Paper 2- 2 hours 15 mins

Please don't be alarmed or panicked if you get questions that don't seem as straightforward as we might want. Not every question will be a clear character or theme question.

For Friday's exam (Inspector Calls and Poetry) please remember this is 60% of your Lit grade. Keep your head and make sure you give yourself enough time to tackle each part of the paper. Be prepared to break down the question, read it a lot of times, highlight the key parts and make sure your Topic Sentences all engage with the question.

Tip- A good way to engage is to introduce some context into your Topic Sentence
eg In Exposure, the poet shows his perspective on the First World War from a first hand point of view as a solider trapped in the mundane atmosphere of a long war. 

Possible Poetry questions to consider so that you can work out how to answer / plan:

• Different perspectives on war
• Memory
• Change over time
• Dominant characters
• Power of humanity
• Trauma
• Facing difficult moments
• Key moments in life
• 'Nature does more good than harm' - to what extent do you agree?
• Unusual voices
• 'No poem has one consistent message' - to what extent do you agree?
• Sense of place
• Transience of life
• 'Society is more powerful than humanity' - to what extent do you agree?
• Poets writing from experience
• Poetry dealing with the past
• 'Ultimately, all poetry is about emotion' - to what extent do you agree?

Possible Inspector Calls questions to consider so that you can work out how to answer / plan:

• Different perspectives on class
• Reputation and Status
• Change of opinion and character throughout the play
• Dominant characters
Power and authority - power struggles through the 3 Acts

• Socialist and Capitalist political ideologies
• Key moments in the play
• 'The Inspector holds all the power in the play' - to what extent do you agree?
• The voice of women and men
• 'The play is a moral message' - to what extent do you agree?
• The play uses setting to focus the audience on the characters. To what extent do you agree?
• 'Reputation is more important than community' - to what extent do you agree?
• 'Women do not have a voice in this play' To what extent do you agree?
• 'Ultimately, Eva Smith is a symbol rather than a real person' - to what extent do you agree?