AQA GCSE English Literature

How many sentences should your introduction be:

• at least 3

• 1

• 5

• as many as you like

What should you focus on in the introduction:

• where why because

• when what who

• what how why

• this that there

How many things are on the checklist?

• 4

• 7

• 8

• 10

Context means

• page numbers

• what was happening at the time that influences the writer

• quotes

• where the writer lived

key words means

• important words

• using key words from the question in your answer

• the characters' names

• the words you think would answer the question

ambitious vocabulary means

• trying really hard

• not following the Great Chain of Being

• using interesting and precise words to describe the characters

• very long words

Quotes should be, if possible,

• 6 words or less

• one word

• as long as you like

• 3 lines

Your plan should have

• an introduction and 5 quotes

• an introduction and 5 points

• an introduction and 3 main points from the extract

• an introduction and 3 main points from across the play

Your points should always include

• analysis of the words in the quote

• context

• it is as if

• critical verbs (challenges, warns etc)

The person you should write about the most is

• Macbeth

• the writer (Shakespeare, Dickens, Priestley, the poet)

• Mr Birling

• the prime minister