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  1. GCSE
  2. English Literature Edexcel

English Literature

Spec 1ET0

Free Edexcel GCSE English Literature revision: 87 worksheets and past papers from 2017–2025 with mark schemes.

1.0.0 Seen Texts

1.1.0 Shakespeare

1.2.0 19th-century Novel

1.3.0 Post-1914 British Play/Novel (Modern Text)

2.0.0 Poetry Anthology

2.1.0 Relationships

2.2.0 Conflict

2.3.0 Time and Place

2.4.0 Belonging

3.0.0 Unseen Texts

3.1.0 Unseen Poetry

Assessment at a glance

AssessmentFormatDurationMarksWeighting
Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 LiteratureWritten exam1h 45m80 marks50%
Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789Written exam2h 15m80 marks50%

Course aims & skills

Edexcel 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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