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b b
GCSE
ENGLISH LITERATURE b
8702/2
b Paper 2 Shakespeare and unseen poetry
b b b b b
Mark scheme
b
June 2021
b
Version:b1.0bFinal
*216G 702/2/MS*
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, MARKb SCHEMEb –b GCSEb ENGLISHb LITERATUREb –b 8702/2b –b JUNEb 2021
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