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How to revise A level english literature?

Hi I’ve started year 12 this year and i’m not sure on how to revise for english literature! I’m doing the OCR exam board and rn doing the great gatsby!!
Can anyone recommend any good websites and tips?

Reply 1

CarefreeDreams

Ooo I did as well but I was Edexcel but hopefully these resources will still be okay:

Spark Notes- https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/quotes/
http://www.ketteringscienceacademy.org/attachments/download.asp?file=383&type=pdf
https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/403095-comparative-and-contextual-study-part-2.pdf

I also found if I wanted resources it was best to search "the great Gatsby .... pdf" ...being what I wanted and there's just loads of free things available- it may not all be relevant but they were starting points for me.

Tips:
When I studied English Lit, it's never too early to create essay plans. Start jotting down ideas of how you would go about answering questions.
Knowing your quotations are key and how they can work for theme or character questions- you can create little mini mind maps or flashcards
If you can find them or your teacher provides them (should be sample q&a's provided by your exam board) annotate sample essay answers! Look at the good and the bad (for bad see how you can improve it and do it)
I also found actually reading the exam boards spec- it's literally a guide telling you what they expect so you can't go wrong with that.