English Language & Literature study guides

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level English Language and Literature (9EL0) guide to comparative analysis for Component 2, Section B. Covers comparing the two literary texts, connections across texts (AO4), and the contexts of production and reception (AO3).

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level English Language and Literature (9EL0) guide to Component 3, Investigating and Creating Texts. Covers the coursework structure, crafting original writing for AO5, using style models, and writing the analytical commentary.

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level English Language and Literature (9EL0) guide to drama text analysis for Component 1, Section B. Covers approaching the prescribed play, dramatic speech as constructed talk, character, conflict and context, and writing the drama essay.

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level English Language and Literature (9EL0) guide to exam technique. Covers the assessment objectives, the integrated analysis method, and planning and timing the two written papers for top marks.

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level English Language and Literature (9EL0) guide to the language levels and methods. Covers the integrated toolkit (phonology and prosodics, lexis and semantics, grammar, pragmatics, discourse), narratology and point of view, and how to select levels and move from feature to effect.

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level English Language and Literature (9EL0) guide to the Voices anthology and unseen analysis for Component 1. Covers the prescribed anthology, spoken genres and features, written and digital genres, and analysing an unseen text under timed conditions.

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level English Language and Literature (9EL0) guide to Component 2, Varieties in Language and Literature. Covers the four themes, the theme-based literary pairing, analysing the unseen prose non-fiction, and analysing poetry as language and literature.

A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level English Language and Literature (9EL0) guide to Component 1, Voices in Speech and Writing. Covers the concept of voice, mode (speech and writing), the Comparing Voices task, and representation and positioning, with the skills Edexcel expects.