English Language Paper 2
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English Language Paper 2
- It is baised on reading.
- You are given two non- fiction texts from diffrent centries.
- The extracts will be linked togather by theme.
- They will be from different genres, i.e. one a diary entry and one an article.
- They will be focused on a different issue which has changed other the time periods.
- Section A has 4 questions, you need to answer them all.
- Section B has one question.
- All the questions build on one another.
- The paper is 1hr 45 mins long.
- It is out of 80 marks.
- You are adviced to spend 15 minutes reading the two sources.
- You should spend and a half minutes on each mark.
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Question 1
- It is out of 4 marks.
- You should be spending 5 minutes on it.
- Its the 'easy opener'.
- Your asked look at certain lines - circle them.
- Then you are asked to pick out which statments are true, from the lines, and shade the cricle.
- You need to chose 4.
- They will be plaseable statements.
- You need to read carefully.
- A few will be explict.
- Some will be inplicit.
- You need to read between the lines sometimes.
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Question 2
- It is worth 8 marks.
- You need to spend 10 mintues on this.
- In your own words you are asked to retell, using quotes to back your staments up, what each source is telling you.
- DO NOT ANALYSE THE QUOTES OR KEY WORDS!
- Read between the lines for the less obvious answers.
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Question 3
- It is worth 12 marks.
- You should spend 15 minutes on it.
- It is about language analysis.
- You need to analyse key words, phrases, language technics and sentance structure.
- You need to think about what tone is being created.
- Look for language which is is being used beyond its litral menaing.
- Look for where the writters choice of words seem deliberet and planned and what effect do they give.
- Think about why the writter has done all this.
- Anayles and look in depth at key words and word class anyalis.
- Try to go for the less obvious interptaions.
- Look for ARRESTED
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ARRESTED
- Allitertaion ~ makes the text catchy, and sticks into the reader head.
- Rhetorical Questions ~ Enage the reader as they feel directly addressed.
- Repettion ~ Is used to emphisize important points.
- Emotive Language ~ Is used to make a topic seem overly good or bad.
- Statistics ~ Make a topic seem authoritive, accurate and reliable.
- (rule of ) Three ~ Makes the text catchy and sticks in readers head.
- Exaggeration ~ Is used to dramaticly emisise importance.
- Direct Adress ~ Enages the reader as they relate on a personal question.
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Question 4
- Is worth 16 marks.
- You need to spend 20 minutes on it.
- Is about both sources.
- The bullet points are what you need to include in each paragraph.
- Wirte in PEA
- IS NOT A LANGUAGE QUESTION.
- What does the writter do?
- How do they do it?
- Why do they do it?
- Key word anlysis.
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Question 5
- Is section B.
- It is worth 40 marks.
- You need to spend 45 minutes on it.
- You get given a strong opinionated stament.
- Look out for PAF ~ Purpose, Audience, Form.
- Purpose ~ Are they writing to agree, disagree to persuade, inform or explain.
- Audience ~ Who is their and your target audience, adults, teenagers?
- From ~ Is it formal, informal a letter or a speech?
- Use ARRESTED for persuading or agruing.
- To win every argument ~ try take the less obvious view, think about why some people will agree with your poiont and adress that first.
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Question 5 ~ Article
- You need a heading.
- Short and snappy intro.
- Anicdotes.
- Facts and satistics.
- Adress the other side.
- Use ARRESTED.
- Short and snappy ending.
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Question 5 ~ Speech
- Start with "good moring/ afternoon..."
- You need to continuly adress your audience.
- You need to be able to reach your target audience. ~ I can see the lady inb the third row is shaking her head,m im jus coming top that point now..., What i mean by this is..., you may be wondering, Im sure some of you will disagree...
- End with " thankyou for listening"
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Question 5 ~ Letter
- Your adress and date need to be on the left side.
- Adress of whom your talking to on the right.
- Start with dear sir / madam.
- End with yours faithfully.
- Your signiture.
- Your name.
- Use ARRESTED
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Question 5 ~ Leaflet
- Title needs to be short and snappy.
- Each section needs to be a new idea and paragraph.
- Have som,e important thing bullet pointed.
- Draw a box around the ending, with your adress, webiste and contanct details.
- Use ARRSETED
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