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Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel flashcards

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How is AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 set out?: 1 hour 45 minutes, closed book, 64 marks, 40% of the GCSE. Section A Shakespeare and Section B the 19th-century novel, each starting from a printed extract and moving out to the whole text.
Which Shakespeare plays are set for AQA 8702?: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing and Julius Caesar.
How many marks is the Shakespeare question worth?: 34: 30 for the response plus 4 for AO4 (vocabulary, sentence structures, spelling and punctuation).
How should a Shakespeare answer use the printed extract?: Start from the extract and reach outward to the play as a whole, so the two feel like one argument rather than two halves.
What does "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" establish at the start of Macbeth?: The witches' paradox sets up a world where appearances deceive and moral values are inverted, a theme that runs through the play.
Why note staging in a Shakespeare answer?: The play is drama, so how a line might be delivered or staged is analysable evidence, not just what it means on the page.

Which 19th-century novels are set for AQA 8702?: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, Jane Eyre, Frankenstein, Pride and Prejudice and The Sign of Four.
How many marks is the 19th-century novel question worth?: 30, marked on AO1, AO2 and AO3. There are no AO4 accuracy marks on this question.
How should you organise a quotation bank for the novel?: Chronologically across the novel, so you can trace how a character or theme develops, which outscores single-scene answers.
How does Dickens introduce Scrooge as "solitary as an oyster"?: The simile presents him as closed, hard and isolated, yet hints that something valuable may be hidden inside, preparing for his transformation.
How should context be used in a novel answer?: Woven into the analysis of a quotation (for example Victorian attitudes to poverty), not saved for a standalone paragraph.