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English Language Paper 1 (Question 1 (4 marks, 5 minutes, Draw box around…
English Language Paper 1
Question 1
4 marks
5 minutes
Draw box around part of text for answer
Finding 4 details from a certain part of the text
Retrieve information rather than drawing an inference
4 explicit simple pints - don't over complicate
Use the wording from the question
Initial Read through
5 - 10 minutes
Question 2
8 marks
10 minutes
Less about language choices but more about writing about their effect
Cross out sentence forms (this comes under structure)
Use relevant subject terminology
Be specific about the effect of the techniques used (avoid generic effects). Explain reason behind writer's choices. Ask yourself what the writer is trying to achieve
Question 3
8 marks
10 minutes
Analyses writer's use of structure
Structure
about how the text is organised, the order of events
About where and why rather than what
Examples
Flashbacks or flash forwards
Shifts in focus or perspective
Zooming in or out
Repetitions
A cyclical structure
Foreshadowing
Usually whole of the source
Analysis of effect must be specific
Question 4
20 marks
20-25 minutes
Directed to specific part of text and given an opinion. Need to say to what extent you agree
You can agree, disagree or have a balanced view
Key skill: Evaluation
The ideas in the source in relation to the statement
The methods used by the writer
Talk about any methods - language, structure, tone, irony, linguistic choices, themes, imagery, symbolism, sensory description, etc.
Question 5
40 marks
16 marks for technical accuracy
Allow 5 minutes to check punctuation and spelling.
Ambitious in technical skills - variety of punctuation, varied sentence structure, sentence openers, paragraph length, etc
24 marks for content
45 minutes
Creative writing
Need to be original
Need to be comfortable with narrative and descriptive writing
Aim to do the picture question
Use writer's techniques from section A.
Use structural features thought about in question 3