EDEXCEL GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE - Isaac Newton Academy

1 EDEXCEL GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE . ANIMAL FARM REVISION GUIDE. COPYRIGHT CAUTION: The information in the revision guide is produced based on a collection of resources taken from other revision guides, websites, PowerPoints from lessons and YouTube videos. For your ENGLISH LITERATURE GCSE, you will sit two exam papers. It is important to know what you need to revise for each and how important each component is. LITERATURE Paper 1 LITERATURE Paper 2. Total Time: 1 Hour 45 Total Time: 2 Hours 15. Texts: A Christmas Carol Texts: Romeo and Juliet Poetry Animal Farm Romeo and Juliet A Christmas Carol Two-part question: Two-part question: 3a) Extract analysis of L+F+S (20 marks) 4a) Extract analysis of L+F+S (20 marks).

2 3b) Essay exploring what Shakespeare suggests about a 4b) Essay exploring what Dickens suggests about a theme throughout the play and how this links to his character, theme or setting throughout the novel (20 marks). context (20 marks). Poetry Animal Farm Two questions: One essay question: 10) Compare one poem from the anthology to another based 15/16) Exploring how Orwell presents a character, theme, on ideas, L+F+S, and context (20 marks). idea/object or setting through the novel, and how it links to context. (40 marks) 11) Compare two unseen poems to each other based on ideas and L+F+S (20 marks).

3 As you can see, Animal Farm is worth 50% of your marks on Paper 1, and 25% of your Lit GCSE overall, so it's an important question for us to focus on, and for you to get right! You will have the choice between two questions. You must only attempt one. Timings If you've looked at the Romeo and Juliet Revision guide, you will have assumed to spend an hour on those questions. (30 minutes on 3a and 30 minutes on 3b) Therefore, you would have 45 minutes to complete the Animal Farm question. Assessment Objectives You are being assessed on your ability to write a critical essay using knowledge of the whole text and the way it links to the social, political and biographical context of the author.

4 But you are also assessed on your use of spelling, punctuation, grammar, and vocab. As we've said, you will be given a CHOICE OF TWO QUESTIONS, but YOU MUST ONLY CHOOSE ONE. Whichever question you choose, it's important to break the question down to make sure you know what it's asking, like we have done below: You are reminded before starting the exam that you must use accurate Looking at these questions, the first focuses on a theme and the second focuses SPaG in your response. This is also to on a setting. It's ultimately up to you which one to choose, but here we'd encourage you to use a clear essay probably advise the first because it might allow us to explore more ideas.

5 Structure with an introduction, main body and a conclusion. The examiner will always use a quote from the novel to introduce the question to help you to think about the Again, they remind you that relevant quotes that you could use. you must choose only ONE. of the essay questions to answer. The theme that has been identified is here is propaganda, meaning you will This means you're expected to focus on the misleading information evaluate how important you think that is used to promote a certain the idea is in the novel or what you viewpoint. Whatever the theme think is important about it by using though, it's important that ALL of your as many examples as you can.

6 Points are linked to it. You are expected to discuss the suggested idea in a lot of detail. Again, they're reminding you must refer to the relationship the novel has to the social, historical and biographical context of its author. This means you need context in every paragraph from the intro to the conclusion. Now that you know you'll be assessed on vocabulary and context, it's worth making sure you understand and can use the vocab below. To do this, EITHER create a spelling test OR flashcards to revise the words you don't know OR, better still, try to put each into a sentence linked to Animal Farm Animal Farm is an allegorical novel.

7 Orwell uses the analogy of a farm to represent Russia etc. Allegory/Allegorical: A story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning Malevolent: Having or showing a wish to do evil to others. that is usually a political or moral one. Novella: A tale or short story which is longer in length but not as long as a novel. Analogy: a literary device that helps to establish a relationship based on Oppression: Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment of an authority. similarities between two concepts or ideas Opportunist: A person who takes advantage of opportunities as and when they arise, Apathy: To have a lack of interest or concern regardless of planning or principle.

8 Authoritarian: Enforcing strict obedience to one leader with no freedom, Propaganda: Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to Autocracy: A society governed by one person with absolute power promote a political cause or point of view. Bourgeoisie: The upper or middle classes, who are perceived as having Proletariat: working-class people regarded collectively materialistic values and conventional attitudes Provisional Government: An emergency governmental authority set up to manage a Bureaucracy: A government system where the important decisions are made by political transition generally in the cases of new nations or following the collapse of the the state officers rather than those who were elected previous governing administration.

9 Capitalism: An economic and political system in which a country's trade and Rebellion: The action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention industry are controlled by private owners for profit. Repress: To suppress someone with force Collectivism: The ownership of land and the means of production by the people Republic: A form of government that is ruled by the people and their elected officials. or the state, as a political principle or system. Regime: Is the form of government or set of rules that regulate the interactions with Communism: A political and economic system that seeks to create a classless society.

10 Society in which everything is owned and controlled by the public. This means that wealth is divided equally. Satire: The use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose or criticise people's stupidity, particularly in the context of politics. Corruption: Dishonesty and fraud in a high political position. Normally for selfish reasons. Socialism: Is an economic and political system. It is an economic theory of social organization. It believes that the means of making, moving, and trading wealth should Dissentient: In opposition to a majority or official opinion.