GSCE AQA English Language Paper 1 Guide (With the source and questions from the November 2021 Paper) The ultimate guide on how to: Analyse and annotate a source Finding literary devices - structure, language and tone in a source List of literary devices - structure and language, with explanations and examples Guidance to answer questions 1, 2, 3 and 4 - What the question is asking and how to achieve full marks - How to plan for each question - The structure for every question - variations of PEEL paragraphs personalised to each question - Model full mark answers Instructions for question 5 - The story question - how to do well and an example paragraph - Write a description… question - planning, what to include and model paragraphs

GSCE (aqa) English Literature Context for an Inspector Calls including key dates, the life of Priestley and the impact of this on the play, historical and social context in 1912, womens rights & patriarchy and time. Also, context in relation to the characters. I included this context in my essays to achieve a Grade 9 in English Literature and full marks on the Inspector Calls question. Inclusion of this will provide extra marks and show fundamental knowledge of the text.

A Level English Literature (OCR): Paper 1 Shakespeare Twelfth Night Malvolio revision sheet Quotes, interactions and relationships with other characters, themes, AO5, scenes

A Level English Literature (OCR): Paper 1 Shakespeare Twelfth Night Section B - essay plans and important knowledge for each theme such as love, sexuality, gender, deception, madness… AO5 - schools of thought such as feminism and marxism, and literary criticism Model Essays and Essay Plans I achieved 92% in Paper 1 in 2023 exams using these notes. All you need to do is learn the notes for each scene for any section A close reading of the text analysis question AND each thematic essay plan with AO5 for section B to achieve top grades.

A Level English Literature (OCR): Paper 1 Shakespeare Twelfth Night Section A - notes for each scene such as characters, narrative, key quotes, context, and AO2 I achieved 92% in Paper 1 in 2023 exams using these notes. All you need to do is learn the notes for each scene for any section A close reading of the text analysis question to achieve top grades.

A Level English Literature (OCR): Paper 1 Shakespeare Twelfth Night Section A - notes for each scene such as characters, narrative, key quotes, context, and AO2 Section B - essay plans and important knowledge for each theme such as love, sexuality, gender, deception, madness… AO5 - schools of thought such as feminism and marxism, and literary criticism Model Essays and Essay Plans I achieved 92% in Paper 1 in 2023 exams using these notes. All you need to do is learn the notes for each scene for any section A close reading of the text analysis question AND each thematic essay plan with AO5 for section B to achieve top grades.

A Level English Literature (OCR): Paper 1 ‘A Doll’s House’ & ‘The Merchants Tale’ Comparison between the two texts by Henrik Ibsen and Geoffrey Chaucer AO5 - literary criticism AO3 - life of the author and the historical and social context regarding the period the texts were written in such as women, female voice, laws Idea of courtly love, senex amans, the mal mariee, fabliau elements… Setting A list of key, significant quotes. Similarities and Differences between the texts for AO4 Past Exam Questions Model Essays and Essay Plans ‘Marriage causes conflict’ ‘The instinct to control others is natural in humanity.’ Consider ways in which writers explore control and authority. (‘love brings difficulties as well as pleasures.’) ‘We all have secrets’ Learn even just one of these essays and you will be able to answer any of the 7 question options in the exam. I achieved an 92% in Paper 1 using these notes.

A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section A Revision Notes all books/literature to be aware of for the course key quotations and relevant knowledge from each book in themes such as sexuality, education, religion, marriage, domestic violence/rape/abuse, motherhood… E.g., Domestic duty and Angel of the domestic sphere: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, 1847 “it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing the piano and embroidering bags” – most explicit reaction to that women should be content with a merely domestic life within 19th century society. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott ‘Make this home happy, so that you may be fit for homes of your own’ – Marmee "I want my daughters to be beautiful, accomplished, and good.”

Motherhood – ‘Motherhood is central to literature by and about literature’. Sense and Sensibility & Mrs Dalloway Model Introduction paragraph AO3, AO5, AO2, AO4 Model essay plan worth full 30 marks

Education and ignorance - ‘Female characters in literature are often silenced and unable to communicate with other characters.’ Sense and Sensibility & Mrs Dalloway Model Introduction paragraph Model full mark detailed essay plan. AO3, AO5, AO2, AO4

Love and sexuality / Lady of the House and Hostess –‘Women in literature are often restricted in love and sexuality.’ / The most important role for female figures in literature is to present as the lady of the house and hostess of social occasion. Sense and Sensibility & Mrs Dalloway Model Introduction paragraph Full mark essay plan and essay AO3, AO5, AO2, AO4

Finance and property - ‘Women in Literature are restricted by a lack of finance and property’ Sense and Sensibility & Mrs Dalloway Model Introduction paragraph AO3, AO5, AO2, AO4

Education and ignorance - ‘Female characters in literature are often disadvantaged by a lack of education and are perceived as ignorant.’ Sense and Sensibility & Mrs Dalloway Model Introduction paragraph AO3, AO5, AO2, AO4

A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section A Revision Notes Including: all books/literature to be aware of for the course key dates quotations and relevant knowledge from each book in themes such as sexuality, education, religion, marriage, domestic violence/rape/abuse, motherhood… information of authors such as the Bronte sisters, Thomas Hardy and Goerge - Eliot in relation to the course including their lives and work AO3: key dates, social and historical context regarding women from 1800 to 2000 for the UK, Australia, Canada and America. AO5: critical literary interpretations AO2: 90+ terms for analysing structure, language and form Sense and Sensibility & Mrs Dalloway A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section A Revision Notes Including: past questions 2017-2022 AO3 - context on Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen, social and historical context and laws AO5: Quotes - literary interpretation and critics ESSAY PLANS for: • Lady of the house & hostess • Finance and property • Love and sexuality • Motherhood • Education • Women in opposition with each other • Communication and silence model essays as well. I achieved an A (1 mark from an A*) using these notes

Sense and Sensibility & Mrs Dalloway A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section A Revision Notes Including: past questions 2017-2022 AO3 - context on Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen, social and historical context and laws AO5: Quotes - literary interpretation and critics ESSAY PLANS for: • Lady of the house & hostess • Finance and property • Love and sexuality • Motherhood • Education • Women in opposition with each other • Communication and silence model essays aswell. I achieved an A (1 mark of an A*) using these notes

A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section A Revision Notes Including: all books/literature to be aware of for the course key dates quotations and relevant knowledge from each book in themes such as sexuality, education, religion, marriage, domestic violence/rape/abuse, motherhood… information of authors such as the Bronte sisters, Thomas Hardy and Goerge Eliot in relation to the course including their lives and work AO3: key dates, social and historical context regarding women from 1800 to 2000 for the UK, Australia, Canada and America. AO5: critical literary interpretations AO2: 90+ terms for analysing structure, language and form