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OCR · GCSE · English Literature · Higher

Characters are dealing with changes in their lives

Q05.2 20 marks

Question 5 is the My Mother Said I Never Should option. Candidates answer part b after part a.

Explore another moment in My Mother Said I Never Should where characters are dealing with changes in their lives.

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Marking points

  1. 1 Chooses a relevant different moment from the play.
  2. 2 Explores how characters deal with changes in their lives.
  3. 3 Uses precise textual references.
  4. 4 Analyses Keatley's language, form or dramatic structure.

Full-mark answer

A high-level answer would choose a moment such as the decision about Rosie, Rosie's adolescence, or Margaret's proposed move, and explore how change affects more than one character. It would use precise references and analyse Keatley's stagecraft, contrasts, language and structure.

Why this answer loses marks

Rosie grows up and the family has to deal with change.

This names a possible area but needs precise significance across characters and analysis of Keatley's stagecraft.