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English Literature

Spec C720QS

Free Eduqas GCSE English Literature revision: 39 worksheets and past papers from 2017–2024 with mark schemes.

1.0.0 Seen Texts

1.1.0 Shakespeare

1.2.0 19th Century Prose

1.3.0 Post-1914 Prose/Drama (Modern Text)

2.0.0 Poetry Anthology

2.1.0 Poetry Anthology (1789-present, first exam 2027)

3.0.0 Unseen Texts

3.1.0 Unseen Poetry

Assessment at a glance

AssessmentFormatDurationMarksWeighting
Component 1: Shakespeare and PoetryWritten exam2h80 marks40%
Component 2: Post-1914 Prose/Drama, 19th Century Prose and Unseen PoetryWritten exam2h 30m120 marks60%

Course aims & skills

Eduqas 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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