AQA AS Level English Literature Activities and Exam Practice: The Handmaid's Tale

Contents

Where to start? ……….............……...….. 3

Section 1: Tackling the text

• Contents / chapter divisions ….……. 7
• Dedications and epigraphs ………… 9
• Reading the text ……………........... 10
• Characterisation ………………….... 11
• What’s in a name? ……………….... 14
• Gender roles ……………................ 15
• Biblical authority ……………….…... 16
• Patriarchy ………………………....... 17
• Language focus ……………........... 19
• Narrative structure and time frame .23
• Themes ………….....………………. 25
• Conclusion: the Historical Notes .... 31

 Section 2: Exam preparation and practice

• Assessment Objectives ……..….… 32
• The exam essay ………………....... 32
• Sample essay: Answer 1 ………..... 34
• Sample essay: Answer 2 ………..... 34
• Teachers’ notes ………...……........ 37
• Extension tasks ……………….....… 38

Further information

Where to start? gives hints on study and revision.

Section 1 provides information and activities for classroom and homework to support reading the text.

Section 2 provides advice and activities which guide students through the process of writing exam essays on The Handmaid's Tale for AQA. It includes:

• how to analyse essay questions
• how to hit the Assessment Objectives
• how to tackle the exam
• how to turn a C into an A
• examiners' comments on a sample essay.

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