OCR As English Language And Literature Paper 2 2025 Ms

Get the official OCR AS English Language and Literature (EMC) H074/02 The Language of Literary Texts mark scheme from the June 2025 exam series. This downloadable PDF contains the examiner-approved marking guidance, assessment-objective breakdowns, indicative content, comparative-analysis criteria, narrative-analysis expectations, and level descriptors used by OCR examiners during the 2025 marking process.

Use this mark scheme to master OCR AS English Language and Literature Paper 2 topics including narrative techniques, stylistic analysis, poetic methods, comparative literary interpretation, symbolism, contextual understanding, and integrated linguistic-literary analysis across prose and poetry. The document provides detailed examiner guidance for texts including Jane Eyre, The Great Gatsby, Things Fall Apart, The God of Small Things, Atonement, The Namesake, and poetry by William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Malika Booker, Fatimah Asghar, Carol Ann Duffy, and Jacob Sam-La Rose. It explains exactly how OCR awards marks across AO1, AO2, AO3, and AO4, helping students understand top-band analytical writing, contextual evaluation, and comparative literary analysis. Pair it with the matching OCR H074/02 June 2025 question paper on markscheme.net for complete examiner-standard practice and accurate self-marking. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, optimised for mobile and desktop, and instantly downloadable from markscheme.net — your fastest route to top-grade OCR AS English Language and Literature revision.

This document is designed for OCR AS English Language and Literature students preparing for the 2026 examination series, including Year 12 students, retake candidates, independent learners, private candidates, and home-schooled students studying prose and poetry analysis. It is especially valuable for candidates aiming to improve OCR-specific analytical technique, contextual interpretation, comparative-writing skills, and integrated linguistic-literary analysis in The Language of Literary Texts.

It is also essential for English Language and Literature teachers, sixth-form colleges, private tutors, revision-course providers, and parents supporting revision at home. The mark scheme can be used for examiner-style assessment, timed mock marking, narrative-analysis walkthroughs, poetry-comparison workshops, AO1–AO4 performance tracking, and identifying weaknesses in literary analysis before the 2026 OCR AS English Language and Literature examinations.