Component 1 : Section B: Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology Overview (Edexcel IGCSE English Literature)

Component 1 : Section B: Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology 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 B requires you to write a 30-mark essay question from a choice of two. In either question, you will compare two poems from Part 3 of the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Anthology. 

You must complete Component 1. There are three sections in this exam paper:

In Section B, you will be expected to apply your knowledge of poetic form, content and meaning to compare two poems from the Poetry Anthology. 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

• make comparisons between poems, including use of language, structure and form

• identify and use relevant examples from poems

Find out more about how to answer the Poetry Anthology comparison question here.