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GCSE English Literature
Cambridge OCR
The board renamed from OCR to Cambridge OCR in September 2025. Two closed-text components, 160 raw marks, no scaling. Each component embeds an unseen comparison inside part (a) of its Section A question rather than as a separate section, and a quarter of all marks sit on comparison. AO4 is assessed only in Section B of each component. The 45 anthology poem titles live in the board's separate free anthology and are NOT yet extracted, so clusters are sold as whole units.
Component 01: Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
Section A: Modern prose or drama (40 marks)
Choose one text. Two-part question: compare with an unseen same-genre extract, then a related question
Section B: 19th century prose (40 marks)
Choose one of six texts. One question from two: extract-based or discursive. AO4 assessed here
Component 02: Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
Section A: Poetry across time (40 marks)
Choose one cluster of fifteen poems. Two-part question: compare a named poem with an unseen poem, then a poem of your own choice
Section B: Shakespeare (40 marks)
Choose one play. One question from two: extract-based or discursive. Extracts use the Alexander Text. AO4 assessed here