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GCSE English Literature · key term

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Definition

A passage that you have not studied beforehand and must interpret using the information provided and its own details.

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OCR GCSE English Literature · J352

Paper 1

Revise: Part (a): comparing your text with an unseen extract

OCR English Literature past papers

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Unseen extract — OCR GCSE English Literature Definition