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Prose and drama flashcards

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How is OxfordAQA 9275 Paper 1 (Prose and drama) set out?: 1 hour 30 minutes, closed book, 60 marks, 40% of the qualification, taken on both routes: Section A prose fiction (30 marks) and Section B drama (30 marks).
What are the two routes through 9275?: Route A: Paper 1 plus Paper 2a (anthology poetry, unseen poetry and unseen prose). Route B: Paper 1 plus Paper 2b and a non-exam assessment.
Essay-style or passage-based question: how do you choose?: Passage-based suits close line-by-line reading of a printed extract. Essay-style needs evidence selected from memory across the whole text. Practise both.
What should a closed-book quotation bank cover for a novel?: Two or three major characters and two or three central themes, each with short quotations from more than one point in the text.
What is foreshadowing, and what is its effect?: An early hint of later events. It builds suspense or a sense of inevitability and rewards the reader for noticing patterns.
Why does the edition of a set text matter?: Editions can differ in pagination and sometimes content, so revise from the edition your course follows.

How should a 9275 drama answer differ from a prose answer?: Treat the play as written to be staged: comment on stage directions, how dialogue might be delivered, and dramatic structure, not just the words.
What should a drama quotation bank add for each major character?: At least one quotation with a staging note: how it might be delivered or what the stage directions imply.
What is a dramatic climax?: The point of highest tension where the central conflict comes to a head, usually leading to the resolution.
What can a stage direction about silence or a pause achieve?: It lets tension, awkwardness or unspoken feeling register with the audience, often saying more than dialogue would.