plumiComparing texts: AQA A‑Level English Literature A questions
Every AQA A-Level English Literature A exam question on Comparing texts, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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- June 2025, Paper 1, Q06 (25 marks): Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present ideas about the loyalty and faithfulness of lovers. You must write about at least two poems in you
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q07 (25 marks): Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied use the openings of their texts to explore ideas about love. You must write about at least two poems in yo
- June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q02 (25 marks): ‘In literature, women are often presented as passive lovers who rarely take charge.’ By comparing two prose texts, explore the extent to which you agree with th
- June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q03 (25 marks): ‘In literature, love is presented as full of risk.’ By comparing two prose texts, explore this view.
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q06 (25 marks): ‘In the literature of love, opposites attract.’ In the light of this view, compare how lovers and their attraction to one another is presented in two texts you
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q07 (25 marks): Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present deception in love relationships. You must write about at least two poems in your answer as well as
- June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q02 (25 marks): ‘Literature often shows that lovers are more excited by the future than troubled by the realities of their everyday lives.’ By comparing two prose texts, explor
- June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q03 (25 marks): ‘In literature, lovers can never overcome social restrictions.’ By comparing two prose texts, explore the extent to which you agree with this statement.
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q06 (25 marks): Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present ideas about the compatibility of lovers. You must write about at least two poems in your answer as
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q07 (25 marks): Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present conflict between lovers. You must write about at least two poems in your answer as well as the pro
- June 2023, AS Paper 2, Q02 (25 marks): ‘In prose fiction, love always challenges those who experience it.’ By comparing two prose texts, explore the extent to which you agree with this statement.
- June 2023, AS Paper 2, Q03 (25 marks): ‘In prose fiction, lovers experience more suffering than joy.’ By comparing two prose texts, explore the extent to which you agree with this statement.
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q06 (25 marks): Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present love as a source of potential happiness and fulfilment. You must write about at least two poems in
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q07 (25 marks): ‘In literature, true love is rarely achieved and never lasts.’ Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present ideas about true love in the light
- June 2022, AS Paper 2, Q02 (25 marks): ‘In literature, lovers always have different expectations of relationships.’ By comparing two prose texts, explore the extent to which you agree with this state
- June 2022, AS Paper 2, Q03 (25 marks): ‘In literature, marriage is often seen to be problematic.’ By comparing two prose texts, explore the extent to which you agree with this statement.
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q06 (25 marks): Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied use the endings of their texts to explore ideas about love. You must write about at least two poems in you
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q07 (25 marks): ‘In literature, women and men experience love very differently.’ Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present love in the light of this view. Y
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q06 (25 marks): ‘In the literature of love, separation intensifies feelings of love.’ In the light of this view compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present th
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q07 (25 marks): ‘Pain is part of love.’ In the light of this view compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present the pains of love. You must write about at least
- November 2020, AS Paper 2, Q02 (25 marks): ‘In literature, separation always destroys love.’ By comparing two prose texts, explore the extent to which you agree with this statement.
- November 2020, AS Paper 2, Q03 (25 marks): ‘In literature, love stories are always complicated.’ By comparing two prose texts, explore the extent to which you agree with this statement.
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