GCSE English Literature revision
GCSE English Literature is untiered and closed-book. Paper 1 is Shakespeare and a 19th-century novel (extract to whole). Paper 2 is a modern text, anthology poetry and unseen poetry. Pick one text from each list and one poetry cluster.
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SkillsUnseen poetryShakespeare19th-century novelModern textPower and ConflictLove and RelationshipsWorlds and Lives
Skills
- Closed-book extract to whole — Closed-book extract to whole questions
- Assessment objectives — Assessment objectives questions
- Quotations and analysis — Quotations and analysis questions
- Modern text essay — Modern text essay questions
- Comparing anthology poems — Comparing anthology poems questions
Unseen poetry
Shakespeare
- Macbeth — Macbeth questions
- Romeo and Juliet — Romeo and Juliet questions
- The Tempest — The Tempest questions
- The Merchant of Venice — The Merchant of Venice questions
- Much Ado About Nothing — Much Ado About Nothing questions
- Julius Caesar — Julius Caesar questions
19th-century novel
- The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde questions
- A Christmas Carol — A Christmas Carol questions
- Great Expectations — Great Expectations questions
- Jane Eyre — Jane Eyre questions
- Frankenstein — Frankenstein questions
- Pride and Prejudice — Pride and Prejudice questions
- The Sign of Four — The Sign of Four questions
Modern text
- An Inspector Calls — An Inspector Calls questions
- Blood Brothers — Blood Brothers questions
- DNA — DNA questions
- A Taste of Honey — A Taste of Honey questions
- Princess & The Hustler — Princess & The Hustler questions
- Leave Taking — Leave Taking questions
- Lord of the Flies — Lord of the Flies questions
- Telling Tales (AQA anthology) — Telling Tales (AQA anthology) questions
- Animal Farm — Animal Farm questions
- Anita and Me — Anita and Me questions
- Pigeon English — Pigeon English questions
- My Name is Leon — My Name is Leon questions
Power and Conflict
- Power and Conflict (cluster) — Power and Conflict (cluster) questions
- Ozymandias (Shelley) — Ozymandias (Shelley) questions
- London (Blake) — London (Blake) questions
- Extract from The Prelude (Wordsworth) — Extract from The Prelude (Wordsworth) questions
- My Last Duchess (Browning) — My Last Duchess (Browning) questions
- The Charge of the Light Brigade (Tennyson) — The Charge of the Light Brigade (Tennyson) questions
- Exposure (Owen) — Exposure (Owen) questions
- Storm on the Island (Heaney) — Storm on the Island (Heaney) questions
- Bayonet Charge (Hughes) — Bayonet Charge (Hughes) questions
- Remains (Armitage) — Remains (Armitage) questions
- Poppies (Weir) — Poppies (Weir) questions
- War Photographer (Duffy) — War Photographer (Duffy) questions
- Tissue (Dharker) — Tissue (Dharker) questions
- The Émigrée (Rumens) — The Émigrée (Rumens) questions
- Checking Out Me History (Agard) — Checking Out Me History (Agard) questions
- Kamikaze (Garland) — Kamikaze (Garland) questions
Love and Relationships
- Love and Relationships (cluster) — Love and Relationships (cluster) questions
- When We Two Parted (Byron) — When We Two Parted (Byron) questions
- Love's Philosophy (Shelley) — Love's Philosophy (Shelley) questions
- Porphyria's Lover (Browning) — Porphyria's Lover (Browning) questions
- Sonnet 29 — I think of thee (Barrett Browning) — Sonnet 29 — I think of thee (Barrett Browning) questions
- Neutral Tones (Hardy) — Neutral Tones (Hardy) questions
- Letters from Yorkshire (Dooley) — Letters from Yorkshire (Dooley) questions
- The Farmer's Bride (Mew) — The Farmer's Bride (Mew) questions
- Walking Away (Lewis) — Walking Away (Lewis) questions
- Eden Rock (Causley) — Eden Rock (Causley) questions
- Follower (Heaney) — Follower (Heaney) questions
- Mother, Any Distance (Armitage) — Mother, Any Distance (Armitage) questions
- Before You Were Mine (Duffy) — Before You Were Mine (Duffy) questions
- Winter Swans (Sheers) — Winter Swans (Sheers) questions
- Singh Song! (Nagra) — Singh Song! (Nagra) questions
- Climbing My Grandfather (Waterhouse) — Climbing My Grandfather (Waterhouse) questions
Worlds and Lives
- Worlds and Lives (cluster) — Worlds and Lives (cluster) questions
- Lines Written in Early Spring (Wordsworth) — Lines Written in Early Spring (Wordsworth) questions
- England in 1819 (Shelley) — England in 1819 (Shelley) questions
- Shall earth no more inspire thee (Brontë) — Shall earth no more inspire thee (Brontë) questions
- In a London Drawingroom (Eliot) — In a London Drawingroom (Eliot) questions
- On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955 (Berry) — On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955 (Berry) questions
- Name Journeys (Mundair) — Name Journeys (Mundair) questions
- pot (khan) — pot (khan) questions
- A Wider View (Seneviratne) — A Wider View (Seneviratne) questions
- Homing (Berry) — Homing (Berry) questions
- A Century Later (Dharker) — A Century Later (Dharker) questions
- The Jewellery Maker (Parker) — The Jewellery Maker (Parker) questions
- With Birds You're Never Lonely (Antrobus) — With Birds You're Never Lonely (Antrobus) questions
- A Portable Paradise (Robinson) — A Portable Paradise (Robinson) questions
- Like an Heiress (Nichols) — Like an Heiress (Nichols) questions
- Thirteen (Femi) — Thirteen (Femi) questions
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Which set texts are covered?
The current AQA 8702 lists: six Shakespeare plays, seven 19th-century novels, twelve modern texts still on the spec, and all three poetry clusters including Worlds and Lives. Filter to your texts in the app.
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