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English Edexcel IGCSE Papers - What's in Each Paper

The document summarizes the structure and content of the English exam papers for GCSE. It notes that there are four papers total, with two assessing language skills and two assessing literature. For the language papers, Paper 1 focuses on non-fiction texts and transactional writing, while Paper 2 examines poetry, prose and imaginative writing. The literature papers assess poetry/modern prose for Paper 1 and modern drama/literary heritage texts for Paper 2. Each paper is broken down into specific questions that assess different objectives and carry various point values. Sample anthology texts and prescribed works are also listed.

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English Edexcel IGCSE Papers - What's in Each Paper

The document summarizes the structure and content of the English exam papers for GCSE. It notes that there are four papers total, with two assessing language skills and two assessing literature. For the language papers, Paper 1 focuses on non-fiction texts and transactional writing, while Paper 2 examines poetry, prose and imaginative writing. The literature papers assess poetry/modern prose for Paper 1 and modern drama/literary heritage texts for Paper 2. Each paper is broken down into specific questions that assess different objectives and carry various point values. Sample anthology texts and prescribed works are also listed.

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The English Exam Papers

Four Papers – Two for Language


and Two for Literature.

What’s in each paper…


English Language Paper 1- Non-fiction & Transactional writing

Questions 1, 2 & 3 will be on an unseen non-fiction text. Question


4 will be on one of the non-fiction texts from section 1 of the
anthology. Question 5 will be a comparative question between the
unseen text and the anthology text given.

*A copy of the Anthology texts will be provided for you in the exam
English Language Paper 1- Non-fiction & Transactional writing
Assessment Objectives(AOs) and marks available for each question

Unseen non-fiction text

Unseen non-fiction text

Unseen non-fiction text


Non-fiction Anthology text

Comparative question on the two texts above


Transactional writing task
English Language Paper 2 – Poetry and Prose Texts and Imaginative
Writing

One question on one of the section 2 anthology


texts (above). No choice.
English Language Paper 2 – Poetry and Prose Texts and Imaginative
Writing

Assessment Objectives(AOs) and marks available for each question

Poetry/Prose anthology text


Imaginative writing
English Literature Paper 1 – Poetry and Modern Prose

You will need to write a comparative essay on two of the poems from section 3 of the
anthology. You will have a choice of two questions: the first choice will specify the two
poems you need to write on and the second choice will give you one poem and you will
need to pick another relevant poem from the anthology in which to compare and contrast
it with.

*A copy of the Anthology texts will be provided for you in the


exam
English Literature Paper 1 – Poetry and Modern Prose

Assessment Objectives(AOs) and marks available for each question

Unseen Poem
Comparing two anthology poems
Modern Prose – Of Mice and Men
English Literature Paper 2 – Modern Drama and Literary Heritage Texts

*For prescribed book codes look under ‘course documents’ on


the learning platform
English Literature Paper 2 – Modern Drama and Literary Heritage Texts

Assessment Objectives(AOs) and marks available for each question

Modern Drama – A View from The Bridge


Literary Heritage - Macbeth
Link
• Language papers:
• https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-i
nternational-gcses-and-edexcel-certificates/international-gcse-
english-language-a-2016.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=Pe
arson-UK:Category%2FExam-materials

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