English Paper A Section 1 Notes

Locating and Retrieving Information

Ask you to locate and retrieve information from the text
Test your ability to spot relevant deatails
Usually phrased in one of two ways:
- What clues or details can you find to prove or show something?
- What evidence can you find to prove or show something?
You can list your answer in Bullet Points
You don't have to use PEE (Point, Evidence. Explanation)

Asks you to make personal comments on the passage ypu have just read
Focuses on a character, relationship or place
Usually phrased in one of three ways:
- What do you learn about a character or relationship
- What impressions do you get of a character, or a relationship or a place
- What are your thoughts and feelings about a character, relationship or place
You have to be able to use PEE and inference to answer these questions