Key Stage 5 - English Language and Literature
Advanced Subsidiary and A2 English Language and Literature
AS Examinations 5721
Unit One
Language Production - 30% AS level marks (15% of the total A level marks) | Examination 1hour 15 minutes Advice | Exemplar exam answer
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Unit Two
Poetic Study - The Dead Sea Poems (Simon Armitage) - 30% AS level marks (15% of the total A level marks)
Examination 1hour 15 minutes | Official Simon Armitage website
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Unit Three
The Study of the Language of Prose and Speech - 40% AS level marks (20% of the total A level marks) Advice | Exemplar Answer
Prose study - Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontė) Links | Examination 1hour 30 minutes
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A2 Examinations 6721
Unit Four
Comparative Literary Studies - Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontė) Links
French Lieutenant's Woman (John
Fowles) Links |
Examination 1hour 30 minutes
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Unit Five
Texts and Audience - Section A: Dramatic Study - Measure for Measure (William Shakespeare) Links
Section B: Adaptation of Texts for an Audience (15% of the total A level marks) | Examination 2 hours 15 minutes
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Unit Six
Synoptic Unit: Language in Context | Question 1: Analytical comparison | Question 2: Evaluation of Analytical Methods (20% of the total A level marks) Advice
Examination 2 hours 30 minutes