Paper 1 is worth how much?

40% of your English language GCSE

When you comapre two very different things by saying something is something

How can you help yourself get a better mark for section B?

By reading lots of other examples of creative writing shorts

To get a good mark for section B, you should...

Write a well thought out piece of descriptive writing, Not make repeated SPaG mistakes

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Eduqas GCSE English Language Component 1

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1
How many extracts are you given?
None
Could be between one and three
Two
One
2
How long should you spend on 10 mark questions in section A?
10 minutes
15 minutes
5 minutes
1 hour
3
How many marks in Section A?
60 marks
20 marks
80 marks
40 marks
4
What should you never do for your Q1 answer?
Use punctuation
Embed quotations
Write succinctly
Use unabridged quotations
5
Paper 1 is worth how much?
40% of your English language GCSE
50% of your English language GCSE
60% of your English language GCSE
20% of your English language GCSE
6
How many marks is the entire paper worth?
60 marks
80 marks
40 marks
100 marks
7
Q1 asks you...?
To what extent do you agree...
List 5 things...
How does the writer...
What impression does the writer...
8
What is a metaphor?
When the word sounds like how it is written.
When you give something a human quality.
When you comapre two very different things by saying something is something
When you use like or as to compare.
9
What kind of extract will you be given?
A 19th Century Fiction text
A 20th Century Fiction text
A 21st Century Fiction text
Of Mice and Men
10
What should you always spend 5 minutes doing before you start section B?
Planning your story
Staring out of the window
Studying the back of the head of the person sat in front
Picking your nose
11
How can you help yourself get a better mark for section B?
By ignoring the fact that you have got to do the exam
By reading lots of other examples of creative writing shorts
By doodling all over your answer paper.
By not doing anything and expecting everything to work out
12
How long is the entire paper?
2 hours 30 minutes
1 hour
1 hour 45 minutes
1 hour 30 minutes
13
Which of the following are key words to look for in questions A3 and A4?
Skimming and scanning
Implicit and explicit
Impressions, tension and mood
Subject terminology
14
How long should you spend on section B (creative writing)?
45 minutes
2 hours
30 minutes
1 hour
15
How long should you spend on Section A?
60 minutes
30 minutes
45 minutes
85 minutes
16
To get a good mark for section B, you should...
Write a well thought out piece of descriptive writing
Persuade the reader to agree with you
Argue your point
Not make repeated SPaG mistakes

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