Unseen poetry overview quiz - Edexcel GCSE English Literature quiz

Component 1, Section A

Component 2, Section B, Part 2

Component 2, Section A

Component 2, Section B, Part 1

A single-poem analysis

A comparison of an unseen poem with an anthology poem

A comparison of two unseen poems

Three short questions on one poem

AO1 12, AO2 8

AO2 10, AO3 10

AO1 10, AO4 10

AO1 8, AO2 12

No, only AO1 and AO2 are assessed

Yes, context is assessed heavily on the unseen question

Yes, context carries 5 of the 20 marks available

Only the context of the second poem is assessed

It is an optional question you can choose to skip

Both poems are printed in the exam

It is an open-book exam, so you can bring your notes

It is marked only on your spelling and punctuation

Plot, character, setting and main theme

Rhyme, rhythm, metre and verse form

Subject, attitude, method, effect

Read, copy out, summarise, conclude

Once is enough

At least four full times

There is no need to read the poem before you start writing

Twice: first for meaning, then for method

One comparative point per paragraph, both poems together

Write about all of poem one first, then all of poem two afterwards

A plain summary of what each poem is about

A simple list of the techniques used

It is worth far more marks than any other single question across the whole exam paper

It needs no memorising, so drilling the routine directly builds the skill it tests

It is the shortest question and so takes the least time to answer

It is the question that is marked the most generously of all

Never, since there is one single correct answer that you are always meant to find and then write down

Only if you happen to recognise the poem from your own reading beforehand

After a secure reading, because a thoughtful, well-supported interpretation is what is rewarded

Only in the very final sentence of your answer