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How long is the exam

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2 hours 15 minutes

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How many questions are there on the exam

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6

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How many minutes of reading time do you have

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15 minutes

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What does section A involve

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You will be given three non-fiction texts to read and 4 questions on these texts. These are testing your reading ability - you need to show understanding and the ability to analyse texts you have not studied in class.

Make sure you answer the question on the source the question mentions.

You should spend 1 hour answering the 4 section A questions.

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What does section B involve

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You will have 2 questions which will test your writing ability. This includes: ideas, vocabulary, techniques, spelling, punctuation, sentence structures, paragraphing.

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What is question 1

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  1. What do you understand from the article about the issues…?
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How many marks is question 1 worth

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8 marks

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How long should you spend on question 1

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12 minutes - 4 paragraphs

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What you need to do for question 1

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This question is asking you to pick out information from the text and be able to identify the main points as well as interpreting this information.

1) Retrieve, Support, Interpret.
2) Pick out 4 key points from the article.
3) Write 4 short paragraphs using connectives.
4) For each paragraph you must have at least 1 quotation. You should aim to use short quotations (1-5 words) incorporated into your sentences.
5) Show that you can infer from the text and interpret the issues and concerns. You should be using phrases like this shows, I can infer from this that, this demonstrates..
6) If there are two sides to the issue, you should cover both of these.
7) If there are two elements in the question (e.g. rainfall and flooding) you MUST write about both of these.

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What is question 2

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  1. Explain how the headline, sub-headline and picture are effective and how they link to the text.
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How many marks is question 2 worth

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8 marks

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How long should you spend on question 2

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12 minutes - 3 paragraphs

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What do you need to do for question 2

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You need to interpret and analyse the headline and sub-headline, looking at the language and how it relates to the article as a whole. With the picture, you should look at the connotations of colour, body language, facial expressions, layout etc. Sometimes there won’t be a sub-heading, in which case you still need to write 3 paragraphs about the headline and picture!
1) Make 2 points about the headline (language, how it interests the reader) and explain how it links to the text.
2) Use quotes and look at the effect of specific words.
3) Make 2 points about the sub-headline (language, how it gives extra information to engage the reader) and explain how it links to the text. Use quotes.
4) Make 2 points about the picture and how it links to the text.
5) When linking to the text, you should be including quoted from the article itself.
DO NOT LINK THE HEADLINE AND PICTURE

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What is question 3

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3) Explain some of the thoughts and feelings the writer has about…

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How many marks is question 3 worth

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8 marks

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How long should you spend on question 3

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12 minutes - 4 paragraphs

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What do you need to do for question 3

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Question 3 is asking you to pick out opinions and interpret how the writer is feeling. It won’t say ‘I felt nervous..’, this will be implied and you need to pick it out.

1) Select, Identify, Interpret.
2) Pick out 4 thoughts/feelings from the text and interpret how the language shows you these.
3) Write 4 short paragraphs using connectives.
4) For each paragraph you must have at least 1 quotation. You should aim to use short quotations (1-5 words) incorporated into your sentences.
5) Do not choose obvious quotes - if it tells you how the person feels, then you can’t interpret. Look out for things the writer says/does and what this implies about how they are feeling.
6) Look for a change in feelings - if there is one, you need to recognise this and include it in your answer.

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What is question 4

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  1. Compare the ways in which language is used for effect in the two texts. Give some examples and analyse the effects.
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What percentage of your English Language GCSE does the exam make up

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60%

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How many marks is question 4 worth

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16 marks

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How long should you spend on question 4

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24 minutes - 2-3 detailed paragraphs where you look at both texts (or 4-6 separate alternating paragraphs)

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What do you need to do for question 4

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You need to analyse the language and compare how it is used in the 2 texts. Source 3 will be named and the other one, you will need to choose. Make sure you always compare the two - look at the way they use language in relation to their intended audience/purpose.

1) In every paragraph, analyse a language technique of text 1 and the effect on the reader. Use a connective, then analyse a language technique in text 2 and whether this has a similar/different effect on the reader. Ideally, look at the same technique but how they have been used differently.
2) Use connectives.
3) You must use quotations - aim for at least 4 from each text.
4) Analyse language techniques and specific words/phrases in detail.
5) Look at the effect on the reader.
6) Source 3 will be a piece of literary non- fiction and source 1 and 2 are usually newspaper articles. Consider this difference to make your comparison easier.
7) Your analysis is the most important thing here - the comparisons don’t have to be too complex.

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Language to look out for when doing question 4

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1) Facts and Opinions.
2) Language Techniques - similes, metaphors, personification.
3) Rhetorical Devices - questions, facts and figures, anecdotes, quotes, professional opinions.
4) Style - narrator, humour, sarcasm, empathy, emotive, formal, informal, vocabulary.

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What questions are in your question 4 toolkit

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1) Is their mainly descriptive writing? Are there lots of adjectives and descriptive verbs?
2) Is figurative language used like similes and metaphors?
3) Is the vocabulary emotive?
4) Are there lots of facts and statistics?
5) Does the text contain opinions? Whose?
6) Is the text written in the first or third person?
7) Objective/Subjective?
8) Does the text contain contrasting views or ideas?
9) Does the text contain any persuasive features?

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What SHOULDN’T you do in question 4

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DON’T look at structure or sentences as this will not gain you any marks.
DON’T compare content.

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What does section B involve

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For both section B questions, you are being marked on all aspects of your writing. Question 6 is worth more marks so should be be a more developed piece. Planning is important to make sure your answer is well structured.

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What does question 5 ask you to do

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Inform or describe or explain

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How many marks is question 5 worth

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16 marks

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How long should you spend on question 5

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25 minutes

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Question 5 is

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A personal piece of writing. You may want to use the ACOASTMAP techniques, especially if the question is descriptive. It could ask you to inform, describe or explain or it could be a combination of the above purposes.

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What does GASP the task mean

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Genre
Audience
Subject
Purpose

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What does question 6 ask you to do

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Argue or persuade

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How many marks is question 6 worth

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24 marks

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How long should you spend on question 6

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35 minutes

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For question 6 you will need to

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Argue for or against a particular issue or topic. Use AFOREST techniques to make your writing persuasive.

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