CIE Literature Paper 1 - Poetry and prose
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes, 50 marks
Our 2019 Prose Text: The Secret River by Kate Grenville . CLICK HERE FOR OUR 2019 SELECTED POEMS
Students answer two questions: one from Section A (Poetry) and one from Section B (Prose). All questions carry equal marks (25 marks each).
There is a choice of two questions on each text.
Relevant passages/poems are printed on the examination question paper.
Candidates may not take their set texts into the exam room.
Candidates will have to demonstrate the following:
Our 2019 Prose Text: The Secret River by Kate Grenville . CLICK HERE FOR OUR 2019 SELECTED POEMS
Students answer two questions: one from Section A (Poetry) and one from Section B (Prose). All questions carry equal marks (25 marks each).
There is a choice of two questions on each text.
Relevant passages/poems are printed on the examination question paper.
Candidates may not take their set texts into the exam room.
Candidates will have to demonstrate the following:
- knowledge of the content of the text – through reference to detail and use of quotations from the text (AO1)
- understanding of characters, relationships, situations and themes (AO2)
- understanding of writer’s intentions and methods – response to the writer’s use of language (AO3)
- personal response – sometimes directly (answering questions such as ‘What do you think?’, ‘What are your feelings about...?’) and sometimes by implication (answering questions such as ‘Explore the ways in which...’) (AO4).