Written Exam Paper 2 – Marking Criteria (25 marks)
Criterion A: Knowledge and Understanding
Criterion B: Response to the Question
Criterion C: Appreciation of the Literary Conventions of the Genre
Criterion D: Organisation and Development
Criterion D: Language
Criterion A: Knowledge and Understanding
- How much knowledge and understanding has the student shown of the Part 3 works studied in relation to the question?
Criterion B: Response to the Question
- How well has the student understood the specific demands of the question?
- To what extent has the student responded to these demands?
- How well have the works been compared and contrasted in relation to the demands of the question?
Criterion C: Appreciation of the Literary Conventions of the Genre
- To what extent does the student identify and appreciate the use of literary conventions in relation to the question and the works used?
Criterion D: Organisation and Development
- How well organised, coherent and developed is the presentation of ideas?
Criterion D: Language
- How clear, varied and accurate is the language?
- How appropriate is the choice of register, style and terminology? (“Register” refers, in this context, to the student’s use of elements such as vocabulary, tone, sentence structure and terminology appropriate to the task.)