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Paper 2 is 2 hours 30 minutes long and is worth 75 marks (40% of the total A-Level). Like Paper 1, it has three sections of 25 marks each. The entire paper is open book — you may bring clean, unmarked copies of your set texts into the exam room. The paper examines how literary texts respond to shared historical and cultural contexts.
| Section | Focus | Assessment | Marks | Suggested time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Single text essay (set text) | Significance of a theme/idea | 25 | 50 minutes |
| B | Unseen prose extract | Close analysis with contextual understanding | 25 | 45 minutes |
| C | Two-text comparative essay | Comparative essay on two set texts | 25 | 50 minutes |
Total: 75 marks in 2 hours 30 minutes
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