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Exam practice — week 43 · lang, lit, cs — GCSE English Literature section

2026-10-21 · check · 1 paper · 5/9 · 56% · not grade-converted

Exam Skills test #10, typed on the portal, sat 36 min for the whole paper.

exam-skills #10 5/9

sat 2026-10-21 · 2 left blank

QTopicMarksQuestionAnswer givenNote
4K3.11/2Percy Bysshe Shelley, *Ozymandias* (Power and Conflict anthology). The traveller describes the broken face of the statue: *Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,* *And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,* Explain what these lines suggest about Ozymandias. [2 marks]"Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,/ And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command," the use of this sentence shows that Ozymandias is a crule king and that to other kings he looks kindIdea 1: cruel king. Second mark 0: both lines copied whole, no single word tied to an effect; 'to other kings he looks kind' unsupported. Printed words appeared only as the whole quotation. loss=technique.
5K3.21/3William Blake, *London* (Power and Conflict anthology). Here are the first three stanzas. I wander thro' each charter'd street, Near where the charter'd Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe. In every cry of every Man, In every Infant's cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forg'd manacles I hear. How the Chimney-sweeper's cry Every black'ning Church appalls; And the hapless Soldier's sigh Runs in blood down Palace walls. --- In the first two stanzas Blake writes about everybody: 'every face', 'every cry', 'every voice'. In the third stanza he turns to particular people: the Chimney-sweeper and the Soldier. Explain the effect of this change from everybody to particular people. [3 marks](blank)PORTAL: blank, flagged, 0 min. Typed in exam-skills chat 15:37, after close 15:18; student reports glitch. Marked from chat. What 1: individuals 'worse done by'. Effect 0: nothing on reader. Why 0: 'not treated evenly', no institution. loss=technique (effect), knowledge (institutions). Dad to decide if it stands.
6K13/4Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. Spend about 5 minutes on this question. **London** — William Blake I wander thro' each charter'd street, Near where the charter'd Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe. In every cry of every Man, In every Infant's cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forg'd manacles I hear. How the Chimney-sweeper's cry Every black'ning Church appalls; And the hapless Soldier's sigh Runs in blood down Palace walls. But most thro' midnight streets I hear How the youthful Harlot's curse Blasts the new born Infant's tear, And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse. --- How does Blake present the people of London in this poem? Write **one** short paragraph of three sentences: - a point that answers the question - a sentence with a short quotation from the poem inside it - a sentence saying what Blake wants the reader to understand. [4 marks](blank)PORTAL: blank, flagged, 1 min. Typed in exam-skills chat 15:32, after close; student reports glitch. Marked from chat. 3 sentences. Point 1. Quotation inside her sentence 1. How 1 (soldiers tired of the king's rule). Why 0: Blake is subject but 'not as good as advertised' misses the point. loss=knowledge. Dad to decide if it stands.

Marks by topic

Ordered by marks lost. These are the candidates for reteaching.

TopicNameMarksLost
K3.2structural choice → effect1/32
K1What–how–why paragraph3/41
K3.1language choice → effect1/21