Overview of AO1 and AO2 for lit Unit 1 and 2

1. Extract questions – key skills
AO1(B - C Mark scheme)
Candidates:
• make more detailedreference to text;
• discuss thoroughly,andincreasingly thoughtfully,characters
and relationships;
• probethesub-text with increasing confidence;
• select and evaluate relevant textual details;
• understand and demonstrate howwriters use ideas,
• themes and settings to affect thereader;
• convey ideas clearlyand appropriately.
A02 (B - C Mark scheme)
Candidates:
• see howdifferent aspects of style and structure
combine to create effects;
• show increasingly clear appreciationofhow
meanings and ideas are conveyed through
language, structure and form.
A01 (A - A* Mark scheme)
Candidates:
• make increasingly assured selection and incorporationof
relevant detail;
• are able to speculate/offer tentative judgements;
• are able to evaluate characters/relationshipsand
attitudes/motives;
• at thehighest level,consistently handletexts with confidence,
have an overview and abilityto move from thespecificto the
general:
• convey ideas persuasively and cogently with apt textual
support.
A02 (A - A* Mark scheme)
Candidates:
• show appreciationofhow writers use languageto
achieve specificeffects;
• make assured explorationand evaluationof the
ways meaning, ideas and feeling are conveyed
through language,structure and form;
• at thehighest level,make assured analysis of
stylisticfeatures.