GCSE English AQA A Anthology: Study Guide - Poems From Different Cultures: Study Guide - Higher Level - Richard Parsons

The CGP study guide is for Paper 2 of the GCSE English exam and is aimed at the AQA A specification. I have used this book for my revision and found it to be quite helpful. It includes all of the key poems needed and annotates around the poems significant points which are helpful to include in the English exam. It also includes how to write an essay, which is very helpful. I often write down lots of points for an essay and then I am unsure as to how to start it, so I found this particularly useful. Maybe this just applies to me though! It gives examples of a model answer for typical exam ... more

For a GCSE in English Language, Paper 2 requires an essay on Poems from DIfferent Cultures. This CGP book mentions the key points which are needed about each poem, including themes, context, information about the author, emotions, and language. Although the context of each poem is useful, I do not feel the language points made for each poem are enough to obtain a top-end grade. I would recommend York Notes instead. However, it is a good starting point if beginning revision early, although the student must build on the notes provided, and perhaps include their own annotations. This book is ... more

this book is just useful to the complete max. i don;t think there is a guide book for the anthology which is just as great. for my gcses i decided to get cgp revision guides for absolutely every subject i took but i did think that the company was a bit overrated in many ways. the reason being is that many of their guides seem to miss out vital info but this is definitely an exception. there isn't anything they've missed out here apart from your own thought about the poems. every poem is laid out on a different page with tha detailed analysis on a page beside it which is great whilst revising ... more