Revising for English Literature over Easter...DO IT.

All the best people in the world recognize that the purpose of the Easter Holidays is for Year 11 students across the country to be revising. Forget eating chocolate eggs, it's all about revision.

So, with that in mind, we thought it would be useful for you to have some exam style questions to do over your revision holiday. This is one of the best, if not the best, way of revising for this exam. It helps you realize what you know, but also, crucially, what you don't know about the texts.

Here are a list of questions for you to use. These are all aimed at candidates sitting the Higher paper.

For Short Stories:

Q1a: Write about the ways that attitudes to parents are presented in Anil
Q1b: Write about the ways that attitudes to others are presented in another short story.

Q2a: Write about the ways that the relationship between the boy and his father are presented in 'Compass and Torch'.
Q2b: Write about the ways that a relationship is presented in one other short story.

Q3a: Write about the ways that Carla is presented in 'My Polish Teacher's Tie'.
Q3b: Write about the ways that a main character is presented in one other short story.

For Poetry (character and voice).
Q1: Compare the ways that powerful characters are presented in My Last Duchess and one other poem from the anthology.

Q2: Compare the ways that strong emotions are presented in Medusa and one other poem from the anthology.

Q3: Compare the ways that ideas about identity are shown in 'The Clown Punk' and one other poem from the anthology.

Q4: Compare the ways that isolated characters are portrayed in 'The Hunchback in the Park' and one other poem from the anthology.

Remember to bring these into school for your English teacher to look at, or email them a typed up version. If you're stuck on these, please leave a comment - these are immediately directed to an English teacher who can provide you with assistance over the holidays.

More exam papers can be found by following this link: http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-literature-9710/past-papers-and-mark-schemes

You will all be sitting Unit 1 and Unit 2. Unit 1 is Short Stories and Of Mice and Men and Unit 2 is poetry and unseen poetry. To practice answers for Of Mice and Men and unseen poetry, you are best placed to access these on the above link so that you have the extracts of text from Of Mice and Men and the poem for the unseen question.

Good luck - remember, you only get one chance at these exams. Work hard now and you will be successful.