Paper 1 is worth how much?

40% of your English language GCSE

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

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

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

By reading lots of other examples of creative writing shorts

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

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

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