AO's

• Assessment Objectives (AOs)

  Assessment Objectives (AOs) are the same across all AS and A Level English Literature specifications.
• AOs

  • Assessment Objectives (AOs) are the same across all AS and A Level English Literature specifications.
  • This means these AOs remain the same for Specification A and Specification B.
  • The exams will measure to what extent students have achieved the following AOs:
• AO1 - 2

  • AO1: Articulate informed, personal and creative responses to literary texts, using associated concepts and terminology, and coherent, accurate written expression.
  • AO2: Analyse the ways in which meanings are shaped in literary texts.
• AO3 - 5

  • AO3: Demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the contexts in which literary texts are written and received.
  • AO4: Explore connections across literary texts.
  • AO5: Explore literary texts informed by different interpretations.
• AO5

  • In this list of AOs, it is perhaps AO5 that is the most important of these in your overall argument.
  • Be aware of this when you are constructing your responses.
• Significance

  • A key term that comes up in many questions is ‘significance’ or ‘significant’.
  • When you are asked to write about this, you should try and explain what it is that makes the question focus particularly memorable or important, and what it ‘signifies’.
  • Always bear this in mind when you are developing your argument.
• Introductions

  • When it comes to your answers, always aim to not have lengthy and often meaningless introductions.
  • It is better to quickly focus upon the task.
• Conclusions

  • Do not have lengthy conclusions either.
  • If you have a conclusion, then try to avoid repeating or reiterating what you have already said because you will gain no further marks for this.
  • It is better to either deconstruct the question or to suggest a further area of investigation which (if you had time and space) you would pursue.
• Conclusions cont.

  • In this way, the debate over significance and multiple meanings continues into the future, and it will be good to show the examiner that you are aware of this.