Lesson 4.3.1.1

4.3.1.1 Task requirements: 2,500 words, all AOs, bibliography and referencing Quiz: AQA English Literature A, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the required word count for the Texts across time comparative critical study?

    • 2,500 words
    • 1,500 words
    • 3,000 words
    • 2,000 words

  2. Is the academic bibliography included within the 2,500-word count?

    • Yes, the bibliography counts towards the total
    • No, the bibliography is not included in the word count
    • Only quotations from the bibliography count
    • Yes, but only the first page of references counts

  3. What must the tasks in the non-exam assessment be designed to do?

    • Ensure that students write a creative piece instead of an essay
    • Ensure that students address only AO1 and AO2
    • Ensure that students address AO3 alone
    • Ensure that students address all assessment objectives in their essay response

  4. Which form of referencing must the study use?

    • An appropriately academic form of referencing
    • Informal footnotes with web links only
    • Referencing based on personal recollection
    • No referencing, provided the quotations are accurate

  5. Why must the essay cover all five assessment objectives?

    • Because each AO is marked in a separate essay
    • Because the specification treats the AOs as working together to form a rounded view of literature
    • Because AO4 and AO5 carry the highest weighting
    • Because the examiner only reads the first AO section

  6. An essay of 2,400 words is submitted with a bibliography of 150 words. Is the essay within the word limit?

    • Yes, because the essay is under 2,500 words and the bibliography is excluded from the count
    • No, because the total with the bibliography is 2,550 words
    • No, because bibliographies must be longer than the essay
    • No, because the essay must be at least 2,500 words

  7. Which assessment objective is concerned with informed, personal and creative responses?

    • AO3
    • AO1
    • AO2
    • AO5

  8. Which of the following tasks would most clearly fail the specification?

    • A task that asks students to explore different interpretations of a theme
    • A task that only asks for analysis of language, with no attention to context or connections
    • A task that asks for analysis of structure and genre across two texts
    • A task that asks students to compare the contexts of two texts

  9. The specification states that the study must have a comparative focus. What does this require?

    • A summary of the plot of each text in turn
    • A focus on one text, with the second text as background
    • Equal attention to both texts, with comparisons of similarity and difference
    • A focus on the author's biography only

  10. Why must the bibliography be academically presented?

    • To show accuracy and allow the reader to check sources
    • To replace the need for quotations in the essay
    • To show that the student has read every book in the library
    • To increase the word count to the required length

  11. A student writes an essay that addresses AO2 and AO3 well but ignores AO5. What is the main problem?

    • The essay uses too much quotation
    • The essay is too long for the word count
    • The essay has a bibliography that is too short
    • The essay does not meet the requirement to address all assessment objectives

  12. What is the significance of the word count of 2,500 words for the study?

    • It sets a fixed length that requires disciplined and focused comparative argument
    • It ensures the essay is no more than a page long
    • It is irrelevant to the marking of the study
    • It permits any length provided the bibliography is short

  13. Which combination of requirements applies to the non-exam assessment?

    • A 2,500-word creative piece with a bibliography and no argument
    • A 5,000-word study with only one AO addressed
    • A 1,000-word personal reflection with no references
    • A 2,500-word comparative essay, all AOs addressed, and a bibliography with academic referencing

  14. How does the requirement for all AOs affect the planning of the essay?

    • The student need only plan for the close reading of one passage
    • The student must plan for analysis, context, connections and interpretations, not just language and form
    • The student should plan only for the bibliography
    • The student can plan purely from memory with no evidence

  15. Which statement best describes the bibliography requirement?

    • It must be appropriate and academic, and it is additional to the essay's word count
    • It must be a list of websites only
    • It may be omitted if the essay is strong
    • It must be included in the word count and be no more than 100 words

  16. What does the requirement to address all AOs suggest about the purpose of the study?

    • It is intended to test only memory of plot details
    • It is intended to develop a rounded, holistic understanding of literature
    • It is intended to test only the student's typing speed
    • It is intended to reward length over argument

  17. Which AO requires students to explore connections across literary texts?

    • AO2
    • AO4
    • AO1
    • AO3

  18. Which AO requires students to explore texts informed by different interpretations?

    • AO4
    • AO5
    • AO2
    • AO3

  19. Why might a student need to plan for both AO3 and AO5 when writing a comparative essay?

    • AO3 and AO5 can be ignored when comparing two texts
    • AO3 and AO5 both concern only the author's biography
    • AO3 covers the contexts shaping the texts and AO5 covers the range of interpretations of them
    • AO3 and AO5 are both about formal structure only

  20. What is the overall weighting approach that makes all AOs necessary in every task?

    • AO1 alone is weighted and the others are optional
    • Only the highest-weighted AO is required
    • The specification states that all AOs must be covered in all tasks, even though their weightings differ
    • Each AO is tested in a separate, unrelated question

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