Cambridge · Form 3 · Syllabus 2010
Literature in English
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- Studying prose texts Detailed knowledge of the text; understanding of characters, relationships, themes and settings; analysis of how the writer achieves effects through language, structure and form; personal response supported by evidence.
- Poetry: close analysis Identify the speaker and situation, the tone and any changes in tone, the poem's central ideas and how they develop.
- Drama Plays are written for performance; consider the audience's experience, staging, stage directions, entrances and exits, and the visual and dramatic impact of scenes.
- Unseen texts A previously unseen poem or prose extract with a question about how the writer presents a situation, character or feeling.
- Writing literature essays Introduction (direct answer), developed paragraphs (point, evidence, analysis, link), conclusion (overall judgement).