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Every AQA A-Level English Literature B exam question on Crime writing across two texts (Section C), 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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- June 2025, Paper 2A, Q10 (25 marks): Explore the significance of suffering in two crime texts you have studied. Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed exploration of authorial methods
- June 2025, Paper 2A, Q11 (25 marks): ‘In crime writing, criminals are presented as being sorry for the crimes they commit.’ To what extent do you agree with this view in relation to two crime texts
- June 2024, Paper 2A, Q10 (25 marks): Explore the significance of suspense in two crime texts you have studied. Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed exploration of authorial methods.
- June 2024, Paper 2A, Q11 (25 marks): ‘In crime writing the criminal is also a victim.’ To what extent do you agree with this view? Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed exploration o
- June 2023, Paper 2A, Q10 (25 marks): ‘Cruelty, either physical or mental, is an essential element in crime writing.’ Explore the significance of cruelty in two crime texts you have studied. Remembe
- June 2023, Paper 2A, Q11 (25 marks): Explore the significance of death in two crime texts you have studied. Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed exploration of authorial methods.
- June 2022, Paper 2A, Q10 (25 marks): ‘The ills of society are to blame for crime.’ Explore the significance of the ills of society as presented in two crime texts you have studied. Remember to incl
- June 2022, Paper 2A, Q11 (25 marks): ‘In crime writing, women are presented as powerless victims.’ To what extent do you agree with this view in relation to two crime texts you have studied? Rememb
- November 2021, Paper 2A, Q10 (25 marks): ‘In crime writing, the criminals are not fundamentally bad people.’ To what extent do you agree with this view? Remember to include in your answer relevant deta
- November 2021, Paper 2A, Q11 (25 marks): Explore the significance of motivation in two crime texts you have studied. Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed exploration of authorial method
- November 2020, Paper 2A, Q10 (25 marks): ‘Guilt is its own punishment; it tortures those who have to live with it.’ Explore the significance of guilt in two crime texts you have studied. Remember to in
- November 2020, Paper 2A, Q11 (25 marks): ‘The beginning of the story is crucial to the way the crime narrative develops.’ Explore the significance of beginnings in relation to two crime texts you have
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