Component 1: Section A: Unseen Poetry Overview (Edexcel IGCSE English Literature)
Unseen Poetry Overview: Component 1 Section A overview
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Component 1: Section A: Unseen Poetry Overview
Edexcel International GCSE in English Literature (4ET1/01) has a compulsory, examined component, Component 1, and a choice of an additional examined component or coursework option. All of your exam papers must be taken at the end of your course of study.
In your Component 1 exam, the exam question in Section A requires you to write a 20-mark essay question exploring the meaning and effects created in an unseen poem. The poem will be reproduced in the question paper.
You must complete Component 1. There are three sections in this exam paper:
| Component 1: Poetry and Modern Prose (4ET1/01) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Externally assessed | 60% of the total International GCSE | |
| Section A | Unseen Poetry | - explore how writers create meaning and effects in a range of seen and unseen poetry |
| Section B | Anthology Poetry | - develop skills to compare a range of poetry from Part 3 of the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Anthology |
| Section C | Modern prose | - explore how writers create meaning and effects in a range of modern prose texts |
In Section A, you will be expected to apply your knowledge of poetic form, content and meaning to an unseen poem. You must:
- demonstrate understanding of how writers create literary effects using, for example, imagery, descriptive skills, language choice, tone and mood, structure and form
- understand and use appropriate literary terminology
- identify and use relevant examples from the poem
Find out more about how to answer the Unseen Poetry question here.
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