Actual 2026/2027 AQA A-level ENGLISH LANGUAGE 7702/1 Paper 1 Question Paper + Mark Scheme + Insert

Section A
Textual variations and representations
Answer all questions from this section.
Text A and Text B are on the Insert.
Text A is from the launch of the Apple Music service in front of a live audience. Tim Cook is the
Chief Executive of Apple and Jimmy Iovine is the owner of a record label. Images are projected on a
large screen behind the presenters throughout their talk.
Text B is an advert for a Graphophone from Munsey’s Magazine in 1906.
0 1 Analyse how Text A uses language to create meanings and representations.
[25 marks]
0 2 Analyse how Text B uses language to create meanings and representations.
[25 marks]
0 3 Explore the similarities and differences in the ways that Text A and Text B use language.
[20 marks]