English Literature

Assessment

At A-Level, you will be assessed by two end-of-year exams as well as a 3000-word coursework folder. In paper 1, you will be asked two questions. The first one will be based on your reading of a play by Shakespeare. The second will be a comparative question based on your reading of a drama text and a pre-1900 poetry anthology. In paper 2, you will also be asked two questions. The first one will be a question based on an unseen passage. The second will be a comparative question based on your reading of two prose texts.