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I'm really struggling to revise for my English Literature G.C.S.E - do you have any tips?

The first and most important thing is to know your texts inside out. Read and reread again the novels, plays and poetry that you are studying for your exam. Don't be afraid to annotate your books, writing...

Answered by Susanna H. • English Literature tutor

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How can I get a better grade in the exam?

Better grades at English literature A level can be attained by hitting all the criteria for marking. Usually this involves including context- when was the text written and what was happening at the time, ...

Answered by Jodie D. • English Literature tutor

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To what extent can we think of prose poetry as 'poetic'?

The admission of prose into the poetic pantheon has been hotly debated. It is fitting that Charles Baudelaire's seminal prose poetry collection 'Le Spleen de Paris' (1869), was published posthumously, ush...

Answered by Pierre Antoine Z. • English Literature tutor

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How many hours revision should I do between now and my exam? Can I have help coming up with a plan?

Let’s break this down. Let’s look at how much time you have before the exam and work out something manageable, because overwhelming yourself with too much revision can be counter productive.

Answered by Rose M. • English Literature tutor

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How do you do well in an AQA GCSE English Literature exam?

First thing’s first, let’s take a look at the AQA mark scheme, because that is what your marker will be following when they get your completed paper. The first thing they talk about in their mark scheme i...

Answered by Rose M. • English Literature tutor

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