WJEC • English Language and Literature

An exemplar creative writing gothic coursework piece, to be used for structure support.

'The Color Purple' A. Walker Extract Essay [20] (pages 157-158) Celie's Family. Question: On page 157 from, "Once upon a time..." to page 158, "...named Olivia and Adam". By focusing closely on literary and linguistic techniques, analyse how Alice Walker presents Celie's family within this extract. Includes terminology, analysis and effect.

'The Color Purple' A. Walker. Extract Essay (pages 30-32) - Situation and Characters. This essay explores the pregnancy announcement of Sophia and Harpo and Mr--'s reaction. It gives an insight to the rigid patriarchal heirarchy within the family and different attitudes towards women from different perspectives.

'The Color Purple' A. Walker - Extract Essay [20] & Whole Text Essay [40]. The extract essay explores Nettie's revelations about Christianity and her journey becoming a missionary. The whole text essay includes an essay plan (with context ) and explores the themes of identity and race, includes the characters Shug Avery, Celie and Nettie. Content Warning: Includes sensitive and offensive language.

'The Color Purple' A. Walker - Whole Text Essay Structure Plan. Discusses the significance of fathers/fatherhood within the novel. Includes whole text essay structure plan [40] with quotations (page numbers), analysis and context.

'The Color Purple' A. Walker - Shug Avery Example Essay Paragraph [40]. Explores the presentation of Shug Avery in the beginning of the novel, includes: quotations, terminology, analysis and context.

Component One: Poetry and Prose. 'The Color Purple' Alice Walker presentation of sisterhood elsewhere in the novel [40], key concepts, context and an example essay structure.

Component One: Poetry and Prose. 'The Color Purple' A. Walker - Key Concepts and Conext Summary. Includes historical, social, biographical, political, literary and religious context within 'The Color Purple'.

Component One: Poetry and Prose. 'The Color Purple' A. Walker - Whole Text Essay, Attitudes Towards Religion [40]. This essay explores the significance of religion within 'The Color Purple'. This essay was rewarded 32/48 marks.

Component Two: Drama. 'Othello' W. Shakespeare. Othello Whole Text Example Essay. Question: " 'Othello is not a conventional tragic hero.' Consider Shakespeare presentation of Othello in the light of this statement." [48].

Component Two: Drama. 'Othello' W. Shakespeare - Iago Whole Text Essay Example. Question, " 'He has no moral code, only passion for destruction'. Consider Shakespeare's presentation of Iago in the light of this statement." [48].

Example essay from 'Othello' by W. Shakepeare. Explores Act 2, Scene 3 with Cassio and Iago.

Re-written example essay about the character Othello from 'Othello' by W. Shakespeare. Includes quotations, context and analysis. Also includes comments about how to further strengthen the resoponse.

Component Three: Non-Literary Texts. Extract Essay (24 marker) 'In Cold Blood' by Truman Capote. 'Extract 1 - Taken from Chapter 1, 'The Last to See Them Alive' , is the opening to the novel, explore how Capote presents the setting of 1950's rural America in the extract' [24]. This is a simple essay structure example. Rewarded roughly 14/24.

Component 3 Non-Literary Texts - 'In Cold Blood' by Truman Capote Whole Text Example Essay. A short whole text (16 marker) example essay: "Go on to explore the presentation of the American Dream elsewhere in In Cold Blood. [16]" . This example essay explores how Truman Capote conveys his pessimistic view of the American Dream vs. American Nightmare ideology within the Clutter family and the two murderers Dick & Perry. This essay example was set as homework and was credited 12/16.

Revision & summary notes for a true-crime, non-fiction novel 'In Cold Blood' by Truman Capote which includes: detailed summaries of every chapter and character, context research and structured examples of 16 and 24 marker essay.

Context research for '1984' by George Orwell for Unit 5 English Literature and Language A-Level with citations/references.

Context research for Unit 5 English Literature & Language A-Level, 'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood with citations/references.

mock exam questions together with an extract from a mark scheme on one of the said questions

a lesson plan / revision aid for A level English Literature The Taming of the Shrew