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    English Literature Poetry in The Aqa Anthology

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    This document provides guidance for the GCSE English and English Literature exams. It discusses Paper 1, which focuses on reading comprehension of unseen non-fiction texts. Students are advised to spend time proportionate to the number of marks on each question. It also discusses Paper 2, which involves writing to argue, persuade, inform, explain or describe based on a chosen prompt or topic. Guidance is given on style, structure, and audience for the writing tasks. Finally, it lists various poetry guides for works studied in the AQA Anthology.

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    This document provides guidance for the GCSE English and English Literature exams. It discusses Paper 1, which focuses on reading comprehension of unseen non-fiction texts. Students are advised to spend time proportionate to the number of marks on each question. It also discusses Paper 2, which involves writing to argue, persuade, inform, explain or describe based on a chosen prompt or topic. Guidance is given on style, structure, and audience for the writing tasks. Finally, it lists various poetry guides for works studied in the AQA Anthology.

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    This document provides guidance for the GCSE English and English Literature exams. It discusses Paper 1, which focuses on reading comprehension of unseen non-fiction texts. Students are advised to spend time proportionate to the number of marks on each question. It also discusses Paper 2, which involves writing to argue, persuade, inform, explain or describe based on a chosen prompt or topic. Guidance is given on style, structure, and audience for the writing tasks. Finally, it lists various poetry guides for works studied in the AQA Anthology.

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    English Literature Poetry in The Aqa Anthology

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    GCSE English and English Literature HELP

    Paper 1: Reading
    In this section you answer questions on media and non-fiction texts you have not seen before. You are marked for reading only, so (in this section) you need not worry about your writing style. Use white space, bullet points, underlining and other appropriate methods to show clearly how you have answered a question. You may refer to evidence in the passages, but should not copy out large amounts. If you are asked to give a list you may use phrases rather than full sentences. Keep the length of answers in proportion to the number of marks on offer. You have an hour for the first section, worth 27 marks. This means that the number of minutes you spend on each part should be twice the available marks (e.g. 4 marks = 8 minutes). You have 45 minutes for the second section, also worth 27 marks. This section is not divided into further parts.

    Expect to find two (or more) texts on the same subject or theme. These may be more or less factual, or may give opinions - they may do both, in different places. Expect to have a question that asks you to identify fact and opinion, and say how you know which is which. Be aware of the contrast between writing which is subjective, personal, opinionated and committed and writing which is objective, detached and impartial. Often (but not always) subjective writing is in the first person (the writer appears as I) while objective writing may be in the third person (people are named or referred to as he or she, while the writer does not usually appear in the piece).

    At some point(s) you may be asked to comment on language. Try to do better than referring vaguely to language or words. Below are some headings you might use to organize comment on language. This is not a full list - you should practise reading texts with your teacher's guidance.

    Word classes (kinds of word)


    Nouns (naming words for things): are they familiar, ordinary or exotic and strange? Verbs (action words): are they strong and forceful? Do they express abstractions like hoping, thinking or believing? Adjectives (words which describe nouns): How do they make the meaning clear? Adverbs (words which describe verbs): How do they affect the verbs they qualify? Pronouns (words like I or they): How do these show the viewpoint?

    Structure
    Look at the structure of phrases and sentences. If you can, look at words which cluster round main verbs (clauses). Are these short and clear, or longer and more complex?

    Stylistic effects
    Look for comparisons, like metaphor and simile: what effect do these have? Look for words which sound like their meaning (onomatopoeia). Look for words or phrases which make written texts seem like speech (colloquialism). Look for play on words. Look for ambiguity, irony and sarcasm, or examples of humour.

    Paper 1: Writing to Argue, Persuade or Instruct


    In this section, you are assessed for spelling and punctuation. Use the question paper and the passages for the Reading section as a dictionary, if you need one. Use these to find the keywords for your own writing. Use the time available to write enough, but do not write a very long answer - you are marked for quality not quantity. Two pages of your answer book may be enough - four is excessive. It is essential that you look for the keyword for your task: argue, persuade or instruct. Whichever you choose, make sure your writing does it consistently. It is also essential that you note the audience - the people or person for whom you are meant to be writing. The manner and style of your answer must show that you have seen this. If it's for young readers, keep sentences short. In fact, keep them short in any case, unless you have a good reason to write complex sentences, and the skill to do so. Layout is important - if you write a leaflet, a magazine feature, a letter or a playscript, make sure it looks like one on the page. You don't get extra marks for elaborate artwork, but you should use appropriate layout, size of text and indicate where graphics might appear.

    Paper 2: Writing to Inform, Explain or Describe


    When you do Paper 2, you have your Anthology with you. You may wish to use it as a dictionary and source of ideas (it is full of poems and stories). But don't copy passages from it directly - the examiners will recognize where they come from! Some students use ideas in the poems they have studied as a starting-point for writing: this is allowed. Unlike the writing task on Paper 1, this one may not necessarily be aimed at a particular audience. If this is the case, write as you would for an intelligent general reader. You will have opportunities to write about things which you know, or things which have happened in your life. Keep in mind whether you are writing to inform, explain or describe. Inform requires you to give facts, in an organized and clear way. Explain requires you to show what something means - to get beneath the facts, and find the importance it has for you or others. Describe requires you to find ways of showing the details of something. The different tasks will appeal to different kinds of student. You should know which of them you are best at, before you go into the exam. If you write personally, you may exaggerate or alter details for effect. But you should avoid fantasising, as this rarely produces good writing. If your subject seems too big, don't write at length - focus on the important bits. And don't be trapped by chronology (time sequence) - tell things in the order which makes for the best writing!

    English - poems from different cultures in the AQA Anthology

    Go to guide to poems from different cultures

    English literature - poetry in the AQA Anthology

    Go to guide to poems by Seamus Heaney Go to guide to poems by Gillian Clarke Go to guide to poems by Carol Ann Duffy Go to guide to poems by Simon Armitage Go to guide to the Pre-1914 Poetry Bank Go to guide to Ben Jonson - On My First Sonne Go to guide to W.B. Yeats - The Song of the Old Mother Go to guide to William Wordsworth - The Affliction of Margaret Go to guide to William Blake - The Little Boy Lost Go to guide to William Blake - The Little Boy Found Go to guide to Chidiock Tichborne - Elegy Go to guide to Thomas Hardy - The Man He Killed Go to guide to Walt Whitman - Patrolling Barnegat Go to guide to William Shakespeare - Sonnet 130 Go to guide to Robert Browning - My Last Duchess Go to guide to Robert Browning - The Laboratory Go to guide to Alfred Lord Tennyson - Ulysses Go to guide to Oliver Goldsmith - The Village Schoolmaster Go to guide to Alfred Lord Tennyson - The Eagle Go to guide to Gerard Manley Hopkins - Inversnaid Go to guide to John Clare - Sonnet: I love to see the summer

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