Paper 2C: Prose

Worked examples (6)

• 1Analyse how a NARRATIVE METHOD constructs a character (not 'what they're like')
• 2Trace a character's DEVELOPMENT across the whole novel (the arc)
• 3Analyse SETTING as meaning (atmosphere, not 'the place where it happens')
• 4Analyse a SYMBOLIC place or object (recurrence builds meaning)
• 5Trace a THEME across the whole novel (motif + structure, not a list)
• 6Show character + setting + theme INTERLOCK (the novel as one design)

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C (Prose) style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C (Prose) style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C (Prose) style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C (Prose) style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C (Prose) style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C (Prose) style

Worked examples (6)

• 1Identify the narrative voice and analyse its effect (not just its label)
• 2Spot and analyse free indirect discourse
• 3Analyse what the narrator DOES to the reader (irony, sympathy, withholding)
• 4Analyse a passage's MOVEMENT and structure (not 'what happens')
• 5Analyse sentence-level style for effect
• 6Analyse how an OPENING does extra work

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C Prose style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C Prose style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C Prose style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C Prose style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C Prose style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C Prose style

Worked examples (6)

• 1Build a themed quotation bank for a NOVEL (the closed-book currency of AO2)
• 2Map characters, themes and structure of a NOVEL (and how they CHANGE)
• 3Build a per-story grid for a SHORT-STORY COLLECTION
• 4Ensure FULL coverage of all set stories (don't get caught out)
• 5Prepare FLEXIBLE material that adapts to any question
• 6Integrate context that ILLUMINATES (AO1, not decoration)

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C Prose style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C style (preparation artefact)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C style (preparation artefact)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C Prose style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C Prose style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 2 Section C style (preparation artefact)