WJEC • English Literature

EXAM BOARD: WJEC OVERALL ENGLISH LIT GRADE:A* UNIT 3 [POETRY PRE-1900 & UNSEEN] GRADE: A 101/120 MARKS [93 UMS POINTS] | PROOF SHOWN ON FIRST PAGE 5 FULL ESSAY PLANS INCLUDED WITH AO1, AO2, AO3 1. love/relationships 2. religion 3. women 4. nature 5. yearning/longing/desire Based on just memorising these essay plans I received 45/45 marks on the Rossetti contextual essay as they cover all possible themes with the required AOs.

WJEC EXAM BOARD: GRADED A*, 97/120 MARKS ON SHAKESPEARE PAPER UNIT 4 [PROOF SHOWN ON FIRST PAGE] FULL 5 essay plans with AO1, AO2, AO3, AO5 for Shakespeare Hamlet which covers all possible themes for the 80 marker. 1. APPEARANCE VS REALITY 2. MORAL CORRUPTION 3. WOMEN/ RELATIONSHIPS/ LOVE 4. MADNESS 5. REVENGE

Mark: 57/60 An A star essay comparing Larkin and Duffy’s poetry from their collections The Whitsun Weddings and Mean Time on the topic of whether distress is found rather than celebration in family relationships. Exploring connections between their presentations. Careful and thorough analysis. Poems used are: Dockery and Son and Reference Back for Larkin and Litany and Before you were mine for Duffy.

Contents: - Quotes, analysis, context and critics organised by theme (madness, gender, revenge, inaction, appearance vs reality, religion, death, the supernatural, corruption / decay / poison / disease) - Some quotes for more specific sub-themes and motifs - A bank of all of the theme-specific context, plus more - A bank of critics organised by school of thought / era - Summaries of academic essays, with key quotes - Some useful vocab for getting those AO1 marks

An A* essay response to the unseen poetry 'Adlestrop' for A Level English Literature. Perfect example of how to get top marks on this component of the exam.

The essay title is: How far would you agree that ‘Hamlet presents us with a flawed protagonist who is unable to escape the turmoil of his mind?’ Perfect A* essay which covers context, critics, language techniques and has a clear argument with many quotations.

Model essay exploring the theme of war in Edward Thomas and Alun Lewis poetry. I examine and compare the poem Rain with All Day it Has Rained, and A Private with The Dancer. This essay earned 80/80 marks and I went on to achieve full UMS and A* in my English exams. The document includes a mark scheme, my plan and full answer, and my teacher's comments. For the comparison question in the AS-level English Lit WJEC exam, Unit 2: Poetry post-1900.

Full Question: "Time flies over us but leaves its shadow behind". In light of this view, explore connections between the ways Thomas and Lewis write about the passing of time. You must analyse in detail at least two poems from each of your set texts and give careful consideration to relevant contexts. This is a model answer for the Thomas and Lewis comparison question in WJEC AS-level English Lit Unit 2: poetry post-1900. Document includes two practice questions, mark scheme, my plan and...

An essay examining Alun Lewis' and Edward Thomas' presentation of love in their respective times. The essay earned 80/80 marks. This document includes my full answer, my plan, a mark scheme and my teacher's comments. The poems I compare are The Sun Used To Shine and Ways, and No-one So Much As You with Post-Script: For Gweno. I went on to achieve full UMS and an A* in my English exams. A model answer for the comparison essay in the AS-level poetry post-1900 exam.

Analysing 2 poems from each set text and considering context, this essay discusses the relationships between people and place in Thomas and Lewis poetry. It earned 74/80 marks. The document also contains a mark scheme and my teacher's feedback. The poems I particularly analyse are The Rhondda in comparison with Adlestrop and The Defeated: For Wales in comparison with The Manor Farm. (Idealised England and beautiful nature vs industrial Wales and unglamorous communities.) I went on to achiev...