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Pearson Edexcel GCSE English Literature Revision

The Pearson Edexcel English Literature GCSE has two separate papers, each of which is worth 50% overall. Both exams are closed-book which means that students will not be allowed copies of the set texts to refer to and they will need to learn key quotations beforehand. Paper 1 assesses students' knowledge of a Shakespeare play and a post-1914 play or novel. It has a time-limit of one hour and 45 minutes. Paper 2 focuses on 19th century literature and poetry since 1789 (in the Edexcel GCSE Poetry Anthology), and students get two hours and 15 minutes to complete it.

EdPlace’s GCSE exam-style questions and practice papers help your child hone their exam-technique and prepare them for anything the exam may throw at them.


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Reading Shakespeare: An Introduction to Romeo and Juliet

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Reading Shakespeare: Macbeth (1 - The Plot)

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Reading Shakespeare: Macbeth (2) - Brave Macbeth (Act I, Scene 2)

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Analyse Key Quotations and their Impact in 'Macbeth'

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Analyse Key Quotations in 'Much Ado About Nothing'

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Analyse Key Quotations in 'Romeo and Juliet'

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Analyse Key Quotations in 'The Merchant of Venice'

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Analyse Key Quotations in 'The Tempest'

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Analyse the role of key characters and their development in 'Macbeth'

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Analyse the Role of Key Characters and Their Development in 'Much Ado About Nothing'

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Analyse the Role of Key Characters and Their Development in 'Romeo and Juliet'

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Analyse the Role of Key Characters and their Development in 'The Merchant of Venice'

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Analyse the Role of Key Characters and their Development in 'The Tempest'

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Evaluate How Themes are Presented in 'Macbeth'

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Evaluate Key Characters and their Development in 'Macbeth'

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Evaluate Key Characters and Their Development in 'Much Ado About Nothing'

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Evaluate Key Characters and Their Development in 'Romeo and Juliet'

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Evaluate Key Characters and Their Development in 'The Merchant of Venice'

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Evaluate Key Characters and their Development in 'The Tempest'

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Evaluate Key Quotations and their Impact in 'Macbeth'

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Evaluate Key Quotations and Their Impact in 'Much Ado About Nothing'

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Evaluate Key Quotations and their Impact in 'Romeo and Juliet'

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Evaluate Key Quotations and their Impact in 'The Merchant of Venice'

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Evaluate Key Quotations and their Impact in 'The Tempest'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Presentation of Themes in 'Much Ado About Nothing'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Presentation of Themes in 'Romeo and Juliet'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Presentation of Themes in 'The Merchant of Venice'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Presentation of Themes in 'The Tempest'

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Explore How Themes Develop in 'Much Ado About Nothing'

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Explore How Themes Develop in 'Romeo and Juliet'

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Explore How Themes Develop in Macbeth

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Explore Theme Development in 'The Merchant of Venice'

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Explore Themes Development in 'The Tempest'

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Identify and Explain Key Characters and their Development in 'Macbeth'

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Identify and Explain Key Characters in 'Much Ado About Nothing'

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Identify and Explain Key Characters in 'Romeo and Juliet'

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Identify and Explain Key Characters in 'The Merchant of Venice'

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Identify and Explain Key Characters in 'The Tempest'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotations in 'Macbeth'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotations in 'Much Ado About Nothing'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotations in 'Romeo and Juliet'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotations in 'The Merchant of Venice'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotations in 'The Tempest'

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Identify Key Themes in 'Macbeth'

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Identify Key Themes in 'Much Ado About Nothing'

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Identify Key Themes in 'Romeo and Juliet'

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Identify Key Themes in 'The Merchant of Venice'

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Identify Key Themes in 'The Tempest'

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Reading Shakespeare: Macbeth (3) - Macbeth and Banquo Meet the Witches (Act I, Scene 3)

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Reading Shakespeare: Macbeth (4) - Macbeth is Persuaded (Act I, Scene 7)

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Reading Shakespeare: Macbeth (5) - Macbeth's Dagger Soliloquy (Act II, Scene 1)

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Reading Shakespeare: Macbeth (6) - Duncan's Murder (Act II, Scene 2)

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Reading Shakespeare: Macbeth (7) - After the Murder (Act III, Scene 2)

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Reading Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (The Prologue)

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Analyse Key Quotations from 'Animal Farm'

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Analyse Key Quotes in 'Journey's End'

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Analyse the Role of Key Characters and Their Development in 'An Inspector Calls'

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Analyse the Role of Key Characters and their Development in 'Anita and Me'

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Analyse the Role of Key Characters and their Development in 'Lord of the Flies'

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Analyse the Role of Key Characters in 'Blood Brothers'.

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Analyse the Role of the Key Characters and their Development in 'Journey's End'

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Analysis of Key Quotations in 'Anita and Me'

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Analysis of Key Quotations in 'Lord of the Flies'

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Analysis of Key Quotes in 'An Inspector Calls'

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Analysis of Key Quotes in 'Blood Brothers'

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Evaluate Key Characters and Their Development in 'An Inspector Calls'

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Evaluate Key Characters and their Development in 'Animal Farm'

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Evaluate Key Characters and their Development in 'Anita and Me'

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Evaluate Key Characters and Their Development in 'Blood Brothers'

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Evaluate Key Characters and their Development in 'Journey's End'

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Evaluate Key Characters and their Development in 'Lord of the Flies'

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Evaluate Key Quotations and their Impact in 'Anita and Me'

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Evaluate Key Quotations and their Impact in 'Lord of the Flies'

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Evaluate Key Quotations in 'Animal Farm'.

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Evaluate Key Quotes and Their Impact in 'An Inspector Calls'

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Evaluate Key Quotes and Their Impact in 'Blood Brothers'

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Evaluate Key Quotes and Their Impact in 'Journey's End'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Presentation of Themes in 'An Inspector Calls'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Presentation of Themes in 'Animal Farm'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Presentation of Themes in 'Anita and Me'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Presentation of Themes in 'Blood Brothers'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Presentation of Themes in 'Journey's End'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Presentation of Themes in 'Lord of the Flies'

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Explore How Key Themes Develop in 'An Inspector Calls'

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Explore How Themes Develop in 'Animal Farm'

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Explore How Themes Develop in 'Blood Brothers'

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Explore How Themes Develop in 'Journey's End'

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Explore how themes develop in 'Lord of the Flies'

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Explore How Themes Develop in the Novel 'Anita and Me'

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Identify and Explain Key Characters and their Development in 'Anita and Me'

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Identify and Explain Key Characters and their Development in 'Lord of the Flies'

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Identify and Explain Key Characters and their Development in Animal Farm

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Identify and Explain Key Characters in 'An Inspector Calls'

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Identify and Explain Key Characters in 'Blood Brothers'

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Identify and Explain Key Characters in 'Journey's End'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotations in 'Animal Farm'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotations in 'Anita and Me'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotations in 'Lord of the Flies'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotes in 'An Inspector Calls'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotes in 'Blood Brothers'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotes in 'Journey's End'

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Identify Key Themes in 'An Inspector Calls'

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Identify Key Themes in 'Animal Farm'.

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Identify Key Themes in 'Anita and Me'

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Identify Key Themes in 'Blood Brothers'

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Identify Key Themes in 'Journey's End'

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Identify Key Themes in 'Lord of the Flies'

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Overview of Context for 'An Inspector Calls'

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Overview of Context for 'Blood Brothers'

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Overview of Context for 'Journey's End'

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Overview of the Context of 'Anita and Me'

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Understand 'Animal Farm' Context

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Understand 'Lord of the Flies' context

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Analyse Key Quotations in 'Great Expectations'

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Analyse Key Quotations in 'Jane Eyre'

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Analyse Key Quotations in 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'

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Analyse Key Quotes in 'A Christmas Carol'

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Analyse the Role of Key Characters and Their Development in 'A Christmas Carol'

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Analyse the Role of Key Characters and their Development in 'Great Expectations'

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Analyse the Role of Key Characters and Their Development in 'Jane Eyre'

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Analyse the Role of Key Characters and their Development in 'Pride and Prejudice'

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Analyse the Role of Key Characters and their Development in 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'

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Analysis of Key Quotations in 'Pride and Prejudice'

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Evaluate Key Characters and Their Development in ' Jane Eyre'

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Evaluate Key Characters and Their Development in 'A Christmas Carol'

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Evaluate Key Characters and their Development in 'Great Expectations'

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Evaluate Key Characters and their Development in 'Pride and Prejudice'

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Evaluate Key Quotations and their Impact in 'Great Expectations'

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Evaluate Key Quotations and Their Impact in 'Jane Eyre'

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Evaluate Key Quotations and their Impact in 'Pride and Prejudice'

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Evaluate Key Quotations and their Impact in 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'

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Evaluate Key Quotes and Their Impact in 'A Christmas Carol'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Presentation of Themes in 'A Christmas Carol'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Presentation of Themes in 'Great Expectations'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Presentation of Themes in 'Jane Eyre'

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Evaluate the effectiveness of the presentation of themes in 'Pride and Prejudice'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Presentation of Themes in 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'

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Evaluate the Role of Key Characters and their Development in 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'

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Explore How Themes Develop in 'Jane Eyre'

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Explore how Themes Develop in 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'

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Explore how themes develop in the novel 'Pride and Prejudice'

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Explore How Themes Develop in the Play 'A Christmas Carol'

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Explore the Development of Themes in 'Great Expectations'

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Identify and Explain Key Characters and Their Development in 'A Christmas Carol'

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Identify and Explain Key Characters and their Development in 'Great Expectations'

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Identify and Explain Key Characters and their Development in 'Pride and Prejudice'

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Identify and Explain Key Characters and their Development in 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'

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Identify and Explain Key Characters in 'Jane Eyre'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotations in 'Great Expectations'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotations in 'Jane Eyre'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotations in 'Pride and Prejudice'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotations in 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotes in 'A Christmas Carol'

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Identify Key Themes in 'A Christmas Carol'

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Identify Key Themes in 'Great Expectations'

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Identify Key Themes in 'Jane Eyre'

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Identify key themes in 'Pride and Prejudice'

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Identify Key Themes in 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'

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Overview of Context for 'Jane Eyre'

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Overview of Context in 'A Christmas Carol'

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Overview of the Context of 'Pride and Prejudice'

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Understand the Context of 'Great Expectations'

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Understand the Context of 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'

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Analyse Language in 'London'

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Analyse Language in 'My Last Duchess'

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Analyse Language in 'The Prelude'

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Analyse Language in the Poem 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen

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Analyse the Language Used in the Poem 'Poppies' by Jane Weir

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Apply your Understanding and Analyse the Language in the Poem 'War Photographer'

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Apply Your Understanding of Language Techniques to both 'Poppies' and 'War Photographer' and Analyse Their Effect

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Compare and Evaluate the Effectiveness and Presentation of Ideas in 'My Last Duchess'

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Compare and Evaluate the Effectiveness and Presentation of Ideas in Extract from 'The Prelude' and other Poems

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Compare and Evaluate the Presentation and Effectiveness of ideas in 'London'

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Compare Content in 'London' and Other Poems

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Compare Content in 'My Last Duchess' and other Poems

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Compare Content in 'The Prelude' and Other Poems

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Compare Language in 'London' and Other Poems

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Compare Language in 'My Last Duchess' and other Poems

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Compare Language in Extract from 'The Prelude' and other Poems

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Compare the Content in 'Exposure' with Other Poems.

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Compare the Language in 'Exposure' and Other Poems.

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Compare the Language in 'Remains' by Simon Armitage and 'War Photographer' by Carol Ann Duffy

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Compare the Language in Both 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson and 'Bayonet Charge' by Ted Hughes

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Describe and Explain the Key Contextual Features of the Poem 'Poppies' by Jane Weir

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Describe and Explain the Key Contextual features of the Poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'

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Describe and Explain the Key Contextual Features of the Poem 'War Photographer' by Carol Ann Duffy

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Evaluate and Compare the Ideas in 'Remains' by Simon Armitage and 'War Photographer' by Carol Ann Duffy

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Evaluate and Compare the Writer's Ideas in both 'Poppies' by Jane Weir and 'War Photographer' by Carol Anne Duffy

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Evaluate and Compare the Writer's Ideas in Both 'Remains' by Simon Armitage and 'War Photographer' by Carol Ann Duffy

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Evaluate and Compare the Writer's ideas in both 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and 'Bayonet Charge' by Ted Hughes

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Evaluate Language Techniques in 'London'

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Evaluate Language Techniques in 'My Last Duchess'

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Evaluate Language Techniques in the Extract from 'The Prelude'

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Evaluate Language Techniques in the Poem 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen

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Evaluate the Effectiveness and Presentation of Themes in the Poem 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of Presentation of Themes in 'London'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of Presentation of Themes in 'My Last Duchess'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Key Themes in the Poem 'Poppies' by Jane Weir

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Key Themes in the Poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Key Themes in the poem 'War Photographer' by Carol Ann Duffy

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Presentation of Key Themes in 'The Prelude'

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Evaluate the Language Techniques used in the poem 'Poppies' by Jane Weir

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Evaluate the Language Techniques Used in the Poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

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Evaluate the Language Techniques Used in the Poem 'War Photographer' by Carol Ann Duffy

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Explore Context in 'The Prelude'

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Explore How the Key Themes Develop in the Poem 'Poppies' by Jane Weir

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Explore How the Key Themes Develop in the Poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Explore How the Key Themes Develop in the Poem 'War Photographer' by Carol Ann Duffy

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Explore How Themes Develop in 'London'

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Explore How Themes Develop in 'My Last Duchess'

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Explore How Themes Develop in 'The Prelude'

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Explore How Themes Develop in the Poem 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen

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Exploring Context in 'London'

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Exploring Context in 'My Last Duchess'

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Identify and Compare Key Content in 'Remains' by Simon Armitage and 'War Photographer' by Carol Ann Duffy

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Identify and Explain Key Contextual Features in 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen

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Identify and Explain Key Quotations from 'London'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotations in 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen

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Identify and Explain Key Quotes in 'My Last Duchess'

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Identify and Explain Key Quotes in 'The Prelude'

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Identify and Explain Key Themes in 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen

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Identify and Explain the Key Quotes in 'Poppies' by Jane Weir

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Identify and Explain the Key Quotes in the poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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Identify and Explain The Key Quotes in The Poem 'War Photographer'

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Identify and Explain the Key Themes in the poem 'Poppies' by Jane Weir

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Identify and Explain the Key Themes in the Poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'

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Identify and Explain the Key Themes in the poem 'War Photographer'

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Identify Key Content in both 'Poppies' and 'War Photographer' and Explain How They Compare

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Identify Key Themes in 'My Last Duchess'

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