Component 3: Unseen Texts
Analysis of previously unseen prose and poetry extracts. Tests your ability to analyse unfamiliar texts.
You will be given an unseen prose extract and asked to analyse how the writer creates meaning through language, form and structure.
40 marks | Approximately 60 minutes
Key Skills:
- - Close reading and annotation
- - Understanding prose techniques
- - Contextual awareness of period
- - Analytical essay writing
You will be given an unseen poem and asked to analyse how the poet creates meaning through poetic methods.
40 marks | Approximately 60 minutes
Key Skills:
- - Identifying poetic forms and structures
- - Analysing imagery and language
- - Understanding rhythm and metre
- - Exploring tone and voice
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Detailed guides for approaching unseen prose and poetry will be added here, including practice passages and worked examples.
AO1 (10 marks per section)
Articulate informed, personal and creative responses to literary texts, using associated concepts and terminology, and coherent, accurate written expression.
AO2 (30 marks per section)
Analyse ways in which meanings are shaped in literary texts.