For students applying via UCAS for an English course, this personal statement can act as a guide. Please do not copy and paste any part of it as you will be caught for plagarism. This resource is only to be used as an example to show what a good personal statement should contain. This personal statement was used in 2018 to apply for English at: University of Birmingham = AAB offered King’s College London = AAA offered Queen Mary’s London = BBB offered (unconditional offer) Queen’s University Belfast = AAB offered Warwick University = AAA offered

A complete revision pack for both Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Death of a Salesman for AQA English Literature B A-Level Aspects of Tragedy. Pack includes revision resources aimed at each Assessment Objective of the specification: AO1: Concepts and terminology AO2: Analysed quotes AO3: Context AO4: Interpretations and critics AO5: Different audience/readers views

A completed revision booklet for The Kite Runner. Specification: AQA English Literature B A - Level Social and Political Protest paper. Includes revision focused on each Assessment Objective of the specification: AO1: Concepts and terminology AO2: Analysed quotes AO3: Context AO4: Interpretations and critics AO5: Audience reactions

A completed revision booklet for William Blake’s ‘Songs of Innocence and of Experience’. Specification: AQA English Literature B A - Level Social and Political Protest paper. Includes revision focused on each Assessment Objective of the specification: AO1: Concepts and terminology AO2: Analysed quotes AO3: Context AO4: Interpretations and critics AO5: Audience reactions

A completed Social and Political Protest revision booklet for The Handmaid’s Tale. Specification: AQA English Literature B A - Level Social Protest Paper Includes revision focused on each Assessment Objective of the specification: AO1: Concepts and terminology AO2: Analysed quotes AO3: Context AO4: Interpretations and critics AO5: Audience reactions

This document contains a completed coursework essay which counts for 10% of the final grade in English Literature. This essay was submitted in 2018 as part of a student’s coursework and was graded an A*. This essay is not to be copied due to plagarism, however can serve as a sufficient guide to students taking an eco-critical approach to their coursework. The question this essay answers is: 'Eco-critics believe we ignore the connection between human culture and the non-human world at our peril’ In the light of your reading from the critical anthology, how does U.A.Fanthorpe’s poetry support this view?

This document contains a completed coursework essay which counts for 10% of the final grade in English Literature. This essay was submitted in 2018 as part of a student’s coursework and was graded an A*. This essay is not to be copied due to plagarism, however can serve as a sufficient guide to students taking a feminist approach to their coursework. The question this essay answers is: “Feminists believe in nineteenth century fiction, very few women work for a living, unless they are driven to it by dire necessity. Instead, the focus of interest is on the heroine’s choice of marriage partner, which will decide her ultimate social position and exclusively determine her happiness and fulfilment in life, or her lack of these.” In the light of your reading from the critical anthology, how does Thomas Hardy’s novel support this view?

A completed Othello revision booklet for AQA English Literature B A - Level Aspect of Tragedy paper. Includes revision focused on each Assessment Objective of the specification: AO1: Concepts and terminology AO2: Analysed quotes AO3: Context AO4: Interpretations and critics AO5: Audience reactions