Edexcel GCSE English revision guide – About Oxford Revise
Oxford Revise Edexcel GCSE English Language provides you with all the key information you need to revise and prepare for your English Language exam.
Oxford Revise takes you through what to revise and how to do it. Revise your understanding of the knowledge and key concepts you need for your English Language exam.
Learn the best way to approach exam questions and get plenty of practice for how to write your answers and structure arguments.
Revise effectively for your Edexcel GCSE English Language exam with Oxford Revise
This guide covers every topic in the Edexcel GCSE English course in depth, using clear, easy-to-understand language. For instance:
- Key terms boxes highlight the important words and language that you need to understand and help you to use them confidently.
- Revision tips give you quick ways to understand the core concepts and practice remembering them.
Edexcel GCSE English Language exam practice
Each chapter has lots of exam-style questions for you to practice. These are designed to build your confidence, consolidate your knowledge and stretch your understanding. As well as this, there are helpful tips throughout:
- Exam tips show you how to interpret questions, what you need to do in your answers, and give you advice on how to get as many marks as possible.
This revision guide is divided into two parts:
Part 1: Concept Knowledge – covers the key concepts and knowledge that you need to revise for your exam
Part 2: Exam Knowledge – takes you through all the questions you will encounter in your exam.
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Contents list
Part 1: Concept Knowledge
- Texts and their meaning
- Figurative language
- Rhetorical language
- Characterisation, setting, and mood
- Ideas and perspectives
- Sentence forms
- Narrative structure
- Structuring an argument
Part 2: Exam Knowledge
Paper 1
• Questions
Paper 2
• Questions
Source banks
Paper structure
The Oxford Revise approach
Oxford Revise uses a clear three-step method to get you ready for your exams.
1. Knowledge – Learn the facts through an easy-to-follow ‘Knowledge Organiser’ in each chapter.
2. Retrieval – Check you’ve retained the exam knowledge, through quick-fire recall questions and answers.
3. Practice – Put your knowledge into practice by completing plenty of exam-style questions.
In addition, there are lots of hints and tips from revision and subject experts on how to plan your revision and helpful advice on techniques to build exam confidence.
Our expert authors
Series editor and author: Jennifer Webb
Author: Steve Eddy
About Jennifer Webb
Series Editor for Oxford Revise, English. English teacher, senior leader and best-selling author.
About Steve Eddy
Author for Oxford Revise Edexcel GCSE English Language. English teacher, lecturer, examiner with over thirty years’ experience of writing English textbooks for schools and study guides.
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