This website contains a lot of information to help you revise for your English GCSE. Browse through it and ask if there’s anything else you need. And remember that if you need it, someone else does as well so please ask me and I’ll do what I can.
You can still access the Google Drive by clicking here.
If I was going to give you a three simple tips for literature, though, they would be these:
- You’re being tested on your understanding of the play/novel/poems and not your ability to remember quotes. If you have something to say but can’t remember the quote, always say it.
- Open your essays by answering the question in a short paragraph. This is called an Abstract and it’s used the world over. It also settles the examiner and shows them you know what you’re talking about. It will also help you plan your answer.
- Remember that literature is written by people with a point to prove, not people who want to entertain you. Shakespeare, Dickens and Stevenson all had social issues they wanted to deal with so focus on how they dealt with them and not whether you enjoyed their work.
Revision time! 