AICE Literature exam specifics

Question 1

How much time do you have for paper 1?

Accepted Answer

2 hours

Question 2

Which of these tips is the most important?

Accepted Answer

Analyse the language, form, structure and devices of your text.

Question 3

How many essays should you write for paper 1?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 4

What time are both your exams?

Accepted Answer

7:30 a.m.

Question 5

Which of these tips is the most important?

Accepted Answer

Select relevant quotations and references to help to focus your points.

Question 6

Which text(s) should you look for in paper 2?

Accepted Answer

Atonement

Question 7

When analysing poetry, you should comment on

Accepted Answer

the effect created at each relevant moment in the poem and significance, how and why a poet has used features, rhyme, rhythm, stanza forms, line lengths, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, similes and metaphors

Question 8

Which text(s) should you look for in paper 1?

Accepted Answer

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Songs of Ourselves

Question 9

How much time do you have for paper 2?

Accepted Answer

2 hours

Question 10

What else should you not do?

Accepted Answer

Discuss points unequally, Don’t work through the poem/passage line by line, Feature spot without analysis, Use long quotes

Question 11

What should you NOT do, under any circumstance?

Accepted Answer

Rely on a film version instead of text, Give the biography of the author, Summarize instead of analyze, Answer more than 1 question in each section

Question 12

How many essays should you write for paper 2?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 13

Which two genres are on paper 1?

Accepted Answer

poetry and drama

Question 14

Where should you go for your exam on the 13th?

Accepted Answer

Gym

Question 15

For prose, you need to analyze

Accepted Answer

the purpose and effect of language features, plot and the characters, narrative structure, literary devices

Question 16

What&#x27;s the most important thing to remember when writing about drama?

Accepted Answer

The effect on the audience, Plays are meant to be seen, not just read, Theatrical effects, Dramatical effects

Question 17

How excited are you to be finished with exams?

Accepted Answer

I&#x27;m not bc that means school is over, and I have to adult for real., I&#x27;m not. I love tests., So excited., When&#x27;s pancakes?

Question 18

Which two genres are on paper 2?

Accepted Answer

prose and unseen

Question 19

Where should you go for your exam Monday?

Accepted Answer

Gym

Question 20

You have a choice between/among __________ pieces of texts for the unseen prompt.

Accepted Answer

2

AICE Literature exam specifics

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AICE Literature exam specifics

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