English Literature

Topics to Revise

The Play:

TWO questions

One extract question.

A choice of two essay questions.

This question will usually include bullet points.

Think of each bullet point as a paragraph.  The bullet points are there to help you know what to include in your answer.

Remember, because it is a play you refer to the AUDIENCE.

The Novel

TWO questions

One extract question.

A choice of two essay questions.

This question will usually include bullet points.

Think of each bullet point as a pargraph.  The bullet points are there to help you know what to include in your answer.

Remember, because it is a novel you refer to the READER.

For both the play and the novel you cannot take the texts into the exam so the examiner will not expect you to memorise lots of quotations but obviously it will help you if you can use some.  There may be some in the extract that you can use!

The essay questions may ask you to look at:

• Character
• Theme
• Reader/audience reaction
• An empathetic question where you are asked to imagine you are one of the characters.

You should refer to events in the novel/play to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding.

Unseen Poetry:

There is also a poetry question on the Literature paper.

This will be a poem you have probably not seen before.

You will be asked to comment on:

• Language
• Structure
• Ideas
• Personal Response

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