Love through the ages: creating your own questions

Below you will find instructions on how to use the accompanying resources to create your own exam practice questions. This example shows you how to use the Love through the ages: resource package to set questions for Paper 1, Section B, for the Love through the ages component for A-level English Literature A.

Paper 1, Section B

If you have used the relevant question from the specimen assessment materials or want to set a question on different unseen poems, you can use these documents in the following way:

1. Look at how the relevant question from the specimen assessment materials is constructed, for example:

'It has been said that Rossetti's poem is conventional and celebratory, whereas Millay's poem offers a very different view of love.'

Compare and contrast the presentation of love in the following poems in the light of this comment.

When setting different poems, the question wording (Compare and contrast…this comment) can remain unchanged. A different comment, however, will be needed and will depend upon the possible comparison or contrast between the two poems you want the students to explore.

2. Choose poems which explore a key aspect of Love through the ages; ideas for areas to explore can be found in the specification.

• Use poems from the Love through the ages anthology (pre/post-1900) not studied for examination
• Remember that the poems set for examination can be taken from any time period; both poems set may come from the same period or they may come from different periods.

This resource is part of the Love through the ages resource package.