Revision help for AS / A2 English Lang. & Lit. students

It’s that time again...

AS and A2 English exams are happening and time is very short! If you need some quick recaps, here are some website pages that will help:

English language

• If you need to revise technical terms related to Language Change and look at examples of how they can be applied go to http://www.crossref-it.info/articles/category/14/Developments-in-language

English Literature (per syllabus)

AQA 

If you are taking any of the syllabuses from AQA, there is lots of helpful info on the following exam texts:

• Prose
  • Frankenstein http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Frankenstein/7/0
  • Great Expectations http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Great-Expectations/5/0
  • The Great Gatsby http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-Great-Gatsby/34/0
  • Jane Eyre http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Jane-Eyre/9/0
  • The Handmaid’s Tale http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-Handmaid's-Tale/31/0
  • Tess of the d’Urbervilles http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Tess-of-the-d'Urbervilles/11/0
  • Wide Sargasso Sea http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Wide-Sargasso-Sea/29/0
  • Wuthering Heights http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Wuthering-Heights/35/0
• Poetry
  • Marvell, selected poems http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Metaphysical-Poetry/4/275
  • Wilfred Owen, selected poems http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Poetry-of-Wilfred-Owen/36/0
  • Christina Rossetti, selected poems http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-poetry-of-Christina-Rossetti/28/0
  • Songs of Innocence & Experience, Blake http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Songs-of-Innocence-and-Experience/13/0
  • The Wife of Bath’s Prologue & Tale http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-Wife-of-Bath's-Prologue-and-Tale/30/0
• Drama
  • Doctor Faustus http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Doctor-Faustus/14/0
  • Hamlet http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Hamlet/1/0
  • The White Devil http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-White-Devil/32/0

OCR 

If you are taking any of the syllabuses from OCR, there is lots of helpful info on the following exam texts:

• Prose
  • Frankenstein http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Frankenstein/7/0
  • Jane Eyre http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Jane-Eyre/9/0
  • Persuasion http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Persuasion/33/0
• Poetry
  • Marvell, selected poems http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Metaphysical-Poetry/4/275
  • Christina Rossetti, selected poems http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-poetry-of-Christina-Rossetti/28/0
  • Songs of Innocence & Experience, Blake http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Songs-of-Innocence-and-Experience/13/0
  • The Wife of Bath’s Prologue & Tale http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-Wife-of-Bath's-Prologue-and-Tale/30/0
• Drama
  • The White Devil http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-White-Devil/32/0

Edexcel 

If you are taking any of the syllabuses from Edexcel, there is lots of helpful info on the following exam texts:

• Prose
  • Great Expectations http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Great-Expectations/5/0
  • The Great Gatsby http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-Great-Gatsby/34/0
  • The Handmaid’s Tale http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-Handmaid's-Tale/31/0
  • Jane Eyre http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Jane-Eyre/9/0
  • Tess of the d’Urbervilles http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Tess-of-the-d'Urbervilles/11/0
  • Wide Sargasso Sea http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Wide-Sargasso-Sea/29/0
  • Wuthering Heights http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Wuthering-Heights/35/0
• Poetry
  • Metaphysical poetry http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Metaphysical-Poetry/4/0
  • The Wife of Bath’s Prologue & Tale http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-Wife-of-Bath's-Prologue-and-Tale/30/0

CIE or the Cambridge Pre U 

If you are taking any of the syllabuses from CIE or the Cambridge Pre U, there is lots of helpful info on the following exam texts:

• Prose
  • Persuasion http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Persuasion/33/0
• Poetry
  • Donne, selected poems http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Metaphysical-Poetry/4/214
  • Metaphysical poetry http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Metaphysical-Poetry/4/0
  • The Pardoner’s Tale http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-Pardoner's-Prologue-and-Tale/12/0
  • The Wife of Bath’s Prologue & Tale http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-Wife-of-Bath's-Prologue-and-Tale/30/0
• Drama
  • The White Devil http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-White-Devil/32/0
  • The Winter’s Tale http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-Winter's-Tale/10/0

WJEC 

If you are taking any of the syllabuses from WJEC, there is lots of helpful info on the following exam texts:

• Prose
  • Wuthering Heights http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Wuthering-Heights/35/0
• Poetry
  • Donne, selected poems http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Metaphysical-Poetry/4/214
  • Songs of Innocence & Experience, Blake http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Songs-of-Innocence-and-Experience/13/0
  • The Wife of Bath’s Prologue & Tale http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-Wife-of-Bath's-Prologue-and-Tale/30/0
• Drama
  • Doctor Faustus http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Jane-Eyre/9/0
  • Hamlet http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Hamlet/1/0
  • Measure for Measure http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Measure-for-Measure/3/0