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Retrieval Challenge: Literature Revision

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The 'Retrieval Challenge Grid' outlines the revision strategy for the A-level Literature Mock Exam, focusing on key works such as 'A Streetcar Named Desire', 'Othello', and the 'Poems of the Decade'. This resource aims to aid students in efficiently preparing for the exam.

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Presentation of Memory in Material and Effects ‘Poems of the Decade’ Anthology

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Presentation of Memory in Material and Effects ‘Poems of the Decade’ Anthology

How is Memory presented in the Anthology Poems of the Decade?   Ros Barber’s ‘Material’ and Alan Jenkins ‘Effects’ both present memory through a speaker looking back on their childhood and their relationship with their parents; because each poem uses this mix of retrospection, introspection, and comparison with the present, their structure as well as [...]

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Presentation of Age in ‘Poems of the Decade’ Anthology

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The class flipchart compares three poems from the 'Poems of the Decade' Forward Anthology, focusing on how age is presented in "Easy Passage," "To My Nine-Year Old Self," and "A Leisure Centre is a Temple of Learning." Note that the latter is included only in the Edexcel International A-Level collection.

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Femininity and Relationships in ‘Eat Me’ and ‘Material’

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Femininity and Relationships in ‘Eat Me’ and ‘Material’

How do the poets present femininity and relationships within ‘Eat Me’ and ‘Material’? Conclusion Ultimately, Ros Barber and Patience Agbabi both illustrate the intimate relationships; natural femininity and expectations that society has of women in their presentation of a toxic romantic relationship in ‘Eat Me’ and the overwhelming desire to emulate her mother in ‘Material’. [...]

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Consider how Romantic Poets present the Sublime

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Anonymous exemplar essay exploring the Sublime in: William Wordsworth's 'Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey' Lord Byron's 'Lines Inscribed Upon a Cup Formed From a Skull’ Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner'   Consider how poets within the Romantic anthology present themes of the Sublime   The presentation of the Sublime [...]

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John Keats: Exemplar Analysis

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John Keats: Exemplar Analysis

How are themes of transience and eternity presented in Keats’ poetry?   Immortality and transience are both intrinsic elements to Keats’ poetry both ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ and ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’. They are simultaneously sought after and championed despite the duality they demonstrate on the spectrum of experience. Both Odes, in this form, [...]