Cambridge · A Level · Syllabus 9695
Literature in English
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Form 5 · Lower 6 4 topics
- Assessment objectives and critical writing Knowledge and understanding of texts; analysis of language, form and structure; understanding of contexts; consideration of different interpretations; personal, informed response; clear, accurate expression.
- Poetry: close critical analysis Identify speaker, situation, addressee, tone and shifts; analyse imagery, sound and rhythm (metre, stress, caesura, enjambment), form (sonnet, ode, elegy, villanelle, free verse) and structure (stanza patterns, volta, openings and endings).
- Prose: the novel and short stories First, second and third-person narration; reliable and unreliable narrators; multiple perspectives; chronology and structure (analepsis, prolepsis, frame narratives); pace and scene; symbolism and motifs; endings.
- Drama: Shakespeare and modern drama Structure (acts, scenes, exposition, climax, resolution), dialogue and subtext, soliloquy and aside, stage directions, dramatic irony, symbolism in staging, and the audience's experience.
Form 6 · Upper 6 2 topicsExam year
- Unseen texts and comparative writing Read closely, annotate, identify subject, voice and tone, analyse methods, and form an overall interpretation within the time limit.
- Critical approaches and contexts Use critical views to sharpen your argument – agree, disagree or qualify, always supported by the text.