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  1. GCSE
  3. English Literature OCR

English Literature

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Free OCR GCSE English Literature revision: 63 worksheets and past papers from 2017–2025 with mark schemes.

1.0.0 Seen Texts

1.1.0 Modern Prose or Drama

1.2.0 19th Century Prose

1.3.0 Shakespeare

2.0.0 Poetry Anthology

2.1.0 Love and Relationships

2.2.0 Conflict

2.3.0 Youth and Age

3.0.0 Unseen Texts

3.1.0 Unseen Poetry

3.2.0 Unseen Modern Prose/Drama

Assessment at a glance

AssessmentFormatDurationMarksWeighting
Component 01: Exploring modern and literary heritage textsWritten exam2h80 marks50%
Component 02: Exploring poetry and ShakespeareWritten exam2h80 marks50%

Course aims & skills

OCR 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 and prose extracts 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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