English Language Paper 1: Section A
- Created by: Harry-Pikesley
- Created on: 27-05-18 19:09
Question 1:
- Worth 4 marks
- Spend 5 minutes
- Tests your ability to interpret and select relevant information from an extract
- Will give you a small section of the text to focus on (e.g. the first paragraph, 5 lines, etc.)
- You need to write down 4 pieces of information based on the question
- You can use direct quotation and/or paraphrasing!
- Make sure that you write four distinct, accurate phrases
- Do not infer anything from the text!
Read lines 7-13 from the extract:
Give 4 pieces of information about the weather in this extract (4 marks)
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Question 2:
- Worth 8 marks
- Spend 10-12 minutes
- It is based on another small section of the extract, different to the section used for Q1
- This question tests your ability to identify and analyse the writer's use of language
- For full marks, your answer must be perceptive - writing points that others don't think of!
- When looking at specific words, try to identify the class of the word (e.g. nouns, verbs, etc.)
- What is the effect of words and phrases on the reader?
- Don't just identify the techniques, but look deeper into them - why have they been used?
- Remember the types of sentences: Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex
Take a detailed look at lines 14-29 from the extract:
How does the…
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