VCE Literature past exams 2023–2025
Every question from the last three VCE Literature exams, matched to the lesson that teaches it, with class averages from the examiners' reports and worked solutions. VCE Literature (Year 12) lessons.
2025 Exam
- A1 (6 marks, class average 57%): Explore why the set passage matters in the whole text (Section A, Question 1). Lesson: Developing Interpretations — Views, Values and Context, Language, Form and Structure — Analysing the Writer’s Craft, Writing the Interpretive Essay, Literature Exam Strategy
- A2 (14 marks, class average 63%): Discuss how a named concept is endorsed, challenged and/or marginalised, from the passage out (Question 2). Lesson: Developing Interpretations — Views, Values and Context, Writing the Interpretive Essay, Language, Form and Structure — Analysing the Writer’s Craft, Literature Exam Strategy
- Section B (20 marks, class average 64%): Close analysis essay on a second text, built from two or more of three set passages. Lesson: Language, Form and Structure — Analysing the Writer’s Craft, Close Analysis of Poetry, Close Analysis of Prose, Literature Exam Strategy
2024 Exam
- A1 (6 marks, class average 58%): Explore why the set passage matters in the whole text (Section A, Question 1). Lesson: Developing Interpretations — Views, Values and Context, Close Analysis of Prose, Writing the Interpretive Essay, Literature Exam Strategy
- A2 (14 marks, class average 65%): Discuss how a named concept is endorsed, challenged and/or marginalised, from the passage out (Question 2). Lesson: Developing Interpretations — Views, Values and Context, Writing the Interpretive Essay, Close Analysis of Prose, Literature Exam Strategy
- Section B (20 marks, class average 66%): Close analysis essay on a second text, built from two or more of three set passages. Lesson: Language, Form and Structure — Analysing the Writer’s Craft, Close Analysis of Poetry, Close Analysis of Prose, Literature Exam Strategy
2023 Exam
- A1 (6 marks, class average 57%): Explore why the set passage matters in the whole text (Section A, Question 1). Lesson: Developing Interpretations — Views, Values and Context, Language, Form and Structure — Analysing the Writer’s Craft, Writing the Interpretive Essay, Literature Exam Strategy
- A2 (14 marks, class average 63%): Discuss how a named concept is endorsed, challenged and/or marginalised, from the passage out (Question 2). Lesson: Developing Interpretations — Views, Values and Context, Writing the Interpretive Essay, Language, Form and Structure — Analysing the Writer’s Craft, Literature Exam Strategy
- Section B (20 marks, class average 62%): Close analysis essay on a second text, built from two or more of three set passages. Lesson: Language, Form and Structure — Analysing the Writer’s Craft, Close Analysis of Prose, Close Analysis of Poetry, Literature Exam Strategy