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Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel

Closed-book written exam for AQA GCSE English Literature 8702. Paper 1 assesses Shakespeare and the nineteenth-century novel in 1 hour 45 minutes, with 64 marks and 40 percent of the GCSE.

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8702

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English Literature

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AQAGCSEEnglish Literature8702

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What this unit covers

  • Macbeth: AO1: use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.
  • Macbeth: Study the whole play as the selected Shakespeare set text.
  • Romeo and Juliet: AO3: show understanding of the relationships between the text and the contexts in which it was written.
  • Romeo and Juliet: AO1: read, understand and respond to the text, maintaining a critical style and an informed personal response.
  • The Tempest: AO1: read, understand and respond to the text, maintaining a critical style and an informed personal response.
  • The Tempest: Study the whole play as the selected Shakespeare set text.
  • The Merchant of Venice: Study the whole play as the selected Shakespeare set text.
  • The Merchant of Venice: AO1: read, understand and respond to the text, maintaining a critical style and an informed personal response.
  • Much Ado About Nothing: AO2: analyse the language, form and structure used by the writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.
  • Much Ado About Nothing: AO4: use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.
  • Julius Caesar: AO1: read, understand and respond to the text, maintaining a critical style and an informed personal response.
  • Julius Caesar: AO2: analyse the language, form and structure used by the writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.
  • The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: AO1: use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.
  • The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: AO2: analyse the language, form and structure used by the writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.
  • A Christmas Carol: AO3: show understanding of the relationships between the text and the contexts in which it was written.
  • A Christmas Carol: Study the whole novel as the selected nineteenth-century novel set text.
  • Great Expectations: AO1: use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.
  • Great Expectations: AO4: use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.
  • Jane Eyre: Study the whole novel as the selected nineteenth-century novel set text.
  • Jane Eyre: AO1: use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.
  • Frankenstein: AO1: read, understand and respond to the text, maintaining a critical style and an informed personal response.
  • Frankenstein: AO2: analyse the language, form and structure used by the writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.
  • Pride and Prejudice: AO2: analyse the language, form and structure used by the writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.
  • Pride and Prejudice: AO4: use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.
  • The Sign of Four: AO1: use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.
  • The Sign of Four: AO3: show understanding of the relationships between the text and the contexts in which it was written.
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