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English Literature

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Free AQA GCSE English Literature revision: 72 worksheets and past papers from 2017–2025 with mark schemes.

Shakespeare

Macbeth

Romeo and Juliet

The Tempest

The Merchant of Venice

Much Ado About Nothing

Julius Caesar

The 19th-Century Novel

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

A Christmas Carol

Great Expectations

Jane Eyre

Frankenstein

Pride and Prejudice

The Sign of Four

Modern Texts

Modern drama texts

Modern prose texts

Poetry Anthology

Love and Relationships

Power and Conflict

Worlds and Lives

Unseen Poetry

Unseen Poetry: Overview

Unseen Poetry: First Reading Strategy

Unseen Poetry: Language Analysis

Unseen Poetry: Form and Structure

Unseen Poetry: Comparison

Unseen Poetry: Practice Questions

Assessment at a glance

AssessmentFormatDurationMarksWeighting
Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novelWritten exam1h 45m64 marks40%
Paper 2: Modern texts and poetryWritten exam2h 15m96 marks60%

Course aims & skills

AQA GCSE English Literature builds the skills examiners reward. By the end of the course you should be able to:

  • analyse how writers use language, form and structure to create meaning
  • build an informed, well-evidenced personal response to a text
  • compare poems and extracts across a theme
  • explain the influence of social, historical and literary context
  • quote and reference texts accurately to support an argument
  • analyse unseen poetry under exam conditions
  • write clearly and accurately using subject terminology
  • structure an extended literary essay
  • interpret character, theme and narrative viewpoint

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