Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) - Ch. 53-61 - Austen's Language ACTIVITIES + ANSWERS

This teaching unit focuses on Volume 3, Chapters 11-19 (or Chapters 53-61) overall) of the classic novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen with a particular focus on Austen’s ending to the novel, and another in depth look at her language, style, and characterisation.

The novel is also on the IGCSE English Literature syllabus for exams 2026 and 2027 as well as the A/AS-Level English Literature syllabus for exams 2024-2026.

The unit includes:

1. Comprehension: Quick Quiz Activities: Two fun, quick quiz activities to test your students’ reading, and to enable an engaging introduction to the main topics and learning objectives of the unit. I’ve also included a link for an interactive Kahoot!-version of this quick quiz that you can alternatively do with your students!

2. Digging Deeper: Analysing Language & Style in Pride and Prejudice: This activity goes into considerable depth, exploring Austen’s use of various rhetorical devices, including abstract nouns, the rhetorical balance of three, balanced sentences throughout her novel. The various activities are carefully scaffolded to build upon each other and to simultaneously test students’ understanding of the novel as a whole.

3. Teacher’s Guide & Model Answers for all activities. The teacher’s guide includes detailed model answers for all activities as well as the link to the alternative digital Kahoot! activities.

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