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Paper 1

Explorations in Creative Reading & Writing

Reading fiction (Q1–Q4) and descriptive/narrative writing (Q5).

  • Q2: Language methods → imagery, verbs, sound, sentence form.
  • Q3: Structure → shifts, contrast, zoom, openings/endings.
  • Q4: Balanced evaluation with precise evidence.
  • Q5: 3–4 section plan; sentence variety; sensory detail; precise verbs.
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Paper 2

Writers’ Viewpoints & Perspectives

Non-fiction analysis, comparison and transactional writing.

  • Q2: Concise synthesis (similarities/differences).
  • Q3: Methods + effects linked to viewpoint.
  • Q4: Comparative thesis; connective control.
  • Q5: Audience, purpose, tone; clear structure; rhetoric.
Core Skills

High-Yield Skills

  • Precise verbs & nouns
  • Varied sentence openings
  • Zoom-in analysis
  • Synthesise succinctly
  • Discourse markers
  • SPaG accuracy

English Literature

Shakespeare — Macbeth

Ambition, guilt, masculinity, kingship, the supernatural.

  • “Stars, hide your fires…” — concealment vs conscience.
  • Arc: prophecy → temptation → regicide → paranoia → downfall.
  • Context: divine right & social order.

Poetry — Power & Conflict

  • Ozymandias — pride, transience
  • London — control, anger
  • Exposure — nature’s power
  • Bayonet Charge — panic, dehumanisation
  • Tissue — fragility, control
  • Checking Out Me History — identity
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