A2 Unit 3 Poetry Pre-1900 and Unseen Poetry overview quiz - WJEC A-Level English Literature quiz

A Shakespeare extract and a whole-play essay

A set pre-1900 poetry question and an unseen poetry comparison

A prose extract and a drama essay

A post-1900 single poem and a collection comparison

Section A, the set pre-1900 poetry question

Both sections use entirely unseen material

Neither section; everything is studied in advance

Section B, the unseen poetry comparison

Fixed forms, metre and rhyme are deliberate effects to read

Because pre-1900 poems have no imagery to analyse

Because form is the only thing the mark scheme allows

Because metre and rhyme have no effect on meaning at all

Compare the poem to an unseen poem from another era

Summarise every poem in the collection in turn

Trace the named poem's concern across the wider collection

Rewrite the named poem in modern English

None; start writing on the first glance to save time

At least two: one for sense and movement, one for craft

Exactly five complete readings of every poem

Only one slow reading is ever needed

Organising the answer around comparative points

Proving each comparative point from both poems

Analysing poem one fully, then poem two, with no comparison

Using explicit connectives to link the two poems

Because the poems are unseen and no context is required or given

Because context is worth more marks than analysis here

Because the examiner provides full biographies on the paper

Because the poems were definitely written by the same poet

AO3, the significance and influence of contexts

AO1, an informed and well-written response

AO5, exploring texts through different interpretations

AO4, exploring connections across literary texts

The title printed at the top of the poem

A turn or shift in the poem's thought or direction

The poet's signature at the foot of the page

The number of syllables in the opening line

Every poem in the collection, however briefly

None; only the named poem should be discussed

Two or three further poems, analysed closely

At least ten poems, listed without analysis

As a separate essay of historical background at the start

Where it explains a preoccupation or sharpens a reading

Never, because AO3 is not assessed in this unit

By listing every event of the century in order

Memorised quotations from your set texts

The examiner's introduction to each poem

The two printed poems in front of you

A biography of each poet supplied on the paper

Two hours, worth 20% of the A level

One hour, worth 10% of the A level

Three hours, worth 30% of the A level

Ninety minutes, worth 25% of the A level