Flashcards · 9695 · AS Topic 2

Paper 2 – Prose and Unseen (AS Level) flashcards

10 cards on AS Topic 2, subtopics 2.1 to 2.2. Pick a subtopic or study them all.

Study mode needs JavaScript. Every card is listed below, so you can still cover the answers and test yourself.

All 10 cards

For a quick read-through or printing. Cover the right-hand side to test yourself.

What does 9695 Paper 2 Section A Prose require?: An answer on a set prose text showing knowledge of narrative technique, character and theme, drawing on the text as a whole rather than disconnected moments.
How should you revise a set novel for Paper 2?: Know its overall shape: structure, turning points and how each major character or theme develops chronologically, so you can adapt detail to any question rather than force in memorised quotations.
What is free indirect discourse?: Third-person narration that takes on a character's thoughts and idiom without quotation marks, blending narrator and character so the reader shares their view while keeping some ironic distance.
What is an unreliable narrator?: A narrator whose account the reader has reason to doubt, through bias, limited knowledge or self-deception. It makes the reader read between the lines.
Is AO5 assessed on 9695 Paper 2?: No. Paper 2, like Paper 1, is marked on AO1–AO4 at 25% each. AO5 appears only on Papers 3 and 4.

What does 9695 Paper 2 Section B Unseen require?: One question from two, each on a previously unseen passage. The two passages come from two of prose, poetry and drama; no prior knowledge is needed.
What is a reliable three-step method for an unseen passage?: First read for overall sense and tone; second read to annotate language and structural choices and their effects; then plan a few well-developed points.
What should you annotate in an unseen drama extract?: Stage directions and the rhythm of the dialogue, as well as language. For prose, narrative voice and pacing; for poetry, form, line breaks and rhyme or metre.
Why should you not speculate beyond an unseen passage?: The section tests close reading of what is on the page. Guessing at plot or context is not rewarded and can undermine an accurate reading.
What is the effect of long, unpunctuated sentences in prose?: Breathless syntax can mimic a character's sensory overload, denying the reader any pause and recreating their disorientation at the level of the sentence.