Using an extract from Washington Irving's 'Old Christmas', published posthumously in 1886, and a newspaper article written in 2016, these non-fiction texts present contrasting viewpoints and attitudes to the festival of Christmas.

The Qs adhere to the format used by AQA and the section B writing task has also been uploaded as a 200 Word Challenge, where students must strive to include the three rhetorical devices listed on the image.

Thought this might be useful to explore contexts if teaching A Christmas Carol, or just use as a Christmas themed practice exam paper.

Hope it's useful.

Matt :)