This is a document detailing some revision for the first paper of the OCR English Literature and Language course. It is a niche course and I struggled to find resources to revise for this specific paper so I hope this helps! I got a grade A overall :)
Mark schemes;
https://ocr.org.uk/Images/676962-mark-scheme-exploring-non-fiction-and-spoken-texts.pdf
https://ocr.org.uk/Images/688010-examiners-report-exploring-non-fiction-and-spoken-texts.pdf
https://ocr.org.uk/Images/666880-mark-scheme-exploring-non-fiction-and-spoken-texts.pdf
https://ocr.org.uk/Images/642858-mark-scheme-exploring-non-fiction-and-spoken-texts.pdf
https://ocr.org.uk/Images/621344-mark-scheme-exploring-non-fiction-and-spoken-texts.pdf
(previously been tested on Pepys, Marilyn Monroe & Horrible Histories)
https://youtu.be/hSSeVhX9zDY?si=KfFyJWHJYw0woBYq
https://youtu.be/7kC1yrRuKzk?si=zOV9cmzM-9jW9zVr
Theories and literary approaches;
- Semiotics by Ferdinand; ‘life of signs within society’
How humans derive meaning from signs... signifier and what is signified.
- Mixed modality theory
Interactions between different modes; words, tone, body language, pictures etc
Graphology – physical appearance of words (nspcc child writing etc)
- Grice’s maxims of conversation by Grice
How people operate conversations, each interaction is a potential interference in face
Grice; ‘make conversational contribution as is required.’
4 maxims;
Quantity- giving enough information but not too much
Quality- be truthful, provable by adequate evidence
Relation- staying relevant to the topic of discussion
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