Language Paper 2 - Exam Structure

• Read the selected part from source A
• Select 4 true statements
• 4 marks
• 5 minutes.

• Refer to both source A and B
• Use SQUIDQUI
• Summarise similarities and differences
• Do NOT analyse language or structure
• Identify 3-4 similarities/differences in 3-4 paragraphs
• 8 marks
• 10 minutes.

• Refer to only source B
• Use PEEAL
• Analyse the writer’s use of language to describe something
• Four developed points in four developed paragraphs
• Analyse ONLY LANGUAGE
• 12 marks
• 12 minutes.

• Introduction and conclusion
• Refer to source A and B
• Use SQUIDQUI + language/structure and word analysis/alternative interpretation
• Compare different perspectives
• Analyse BOTH LANGUAGE AND STRUCTURE
• Compare how the writer conveys the characters’ attitudes or perspectives
• Four developed points in 4 developed paragraphs
• 16 marks
• 18 minutes.

• Look at the statement on an issue related to the other texts
• Write an article
• Write for a specific audience and present your point of view on an issue
• Use language and structure techniques, as well as good vocab and punctuation
• 40 marks
• 45 minutes.

Complete the questions in this order: (adding room for annotating and planning)
SPEND 5 MINUTES READING SOURCE A AND ANNOTATING FOR Q1

• Question 1 (Source A)
  SPEND 5 MINUTES READING SOURCE B AND ANNOTATING FOR Q1
• Question 3 (Source B)
  SPEND 10 MINUTES ANALYSING BOTH EXTRACTS FULLY
• Question 2 (Sources A and B - shorter)
• Question 4 (Sources A and B - longer)
  SPEND 5 MINUTES CREATING AN ARTICLE PLAN FOR TECHNIQUES, ARGUMENTS AND COUNTER-ARGUMENTS
• Question 5 (Article based on issue).

PEEAL (Question 3)

• Point (make a statement, linking back to the question)
• Evidence (take a quote from the text and embed it)
• Explain (analyse language and link the quote back to the question)
• Analyse (zoom in on a word and take an alternative interpretation)
• Link (look at the effect on the reader and link back to the question).

SQUIDQUI (Question 2)

• Statement (make a statement relating to source A, linking back to the question)
• Quotation (take a quote linking to the question from source A)
• Inference (explain the quote and how it links, as well as the effect on the reader)
• Difference (make a statement explaining how this is similar or different to source B)
• Quotation (take a quote linking to the question from source B)
• Inference (explain the quote and how it links, as well as the effect on the reader).

Question 4 uses SQUIDQUI + language & structure analysis and word analysis/alternative interpretation in both inference sections.