17/25 The Great Gatsby and The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Read the following Paper 2 exam and the student's response to it, which was written in 1 hour and 45 minutes. Apply the assessment criteria and discuss the marks that you would award the essay before reading the examiner's marks and comments. How different were your marks and comments from the examiner's marks and comments? What improvements could be made to achieve better results?

Essay question: How does narrative perspective shape the reader’s perception of events and characters in two literary works?  

Paper 2 exam #6, question #1
Student Response
Paper 2 SL/HL assessment criteria
Examiner's comments and marks

ATLs

Can you use the same two literary works for both a mock exam and the final exam. Absolutely! In fact, that's good practice. You can practice writing about two literary works in relation to multiple past Paper 2 questions. For this reason it's good to write about works that work for any question.

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