AQA · 8702
English Literature GCSE
Closed-book study of Shakespeare, a nineteenth-century novel, a modern text, an anthology poetry cluster and unseen poetry. All texts must be quoted from memory.
Specification points
8
0 with marked evidence
Coverage
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Average paper standing
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How it is assessed
- Paper 1 — Shakespeare and the nineteenth-century novel — an extract question plus a whole-text question on each (1h 45m, 40%).
- Paper 2 — Modern texts and poetry — modern text essay, anthology comparison and two unseen poems (2h 15m, 60%).
Exam-style practice papers
Literature practice: methods, context and comparison
Exam-style thinking for extract work, context, poetry comparison and unseen poetry.
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Sit this paperPaper 1 practice: Shakespeare and the nineteenth-century novel
Extract-to-whole-text thinking on Macbeth and a nineteenth-century novel, with context marked as AO3.
Not yet attempted.
Sit this paperPaper 2 practice: modern text, anthology and unseen poetry
Conceptual essay planning for the modern text, comparative poetry choices and unseen poetry method analysis.
Not yet attempted.
Sit this paperSpecification content and progress
Paper 1
- Section AShakespeare: extract to whole textNot started
Respond to an extract from the set play and then to the play as a whole, developing an informed personal response.
- Section AShakespeare: language, form and structureNot started
Analyse the language, form and structure the playwright uses to create meanings and effects, using subject terminology.
- Section BNineteenth-century novelNot started
Respond to an extract and the whole novel, tracing character and theme across the text.
- AO3ContextNot started
Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.
Paper 2
- Section AModern text essayNot started
Answer one essay question from a choice of two on the studied modern prose or drama text.
- Section BAnthology poetry comparisonNot started
Compare one named anthology poem with another of your choice from the same cluster.
- Section CUnseen poetryNot started
Analyse one unseen poem, then compare the methods of two unseen poems.
- AO4Vocabulary, spelling and punctuationNot started
Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures with accurate spelling and punctuation.