How should you spend your time in the writing tasks?

10 mins planning, 30 mins writing, 5 mins checking

How should you aim to organise your time in the unseen poetry section?

30 mins on part A and 15 mins on part B

a comparison of two things using like or as

an acronym to help remember persuasive techniques

Which lit texts will you get an extract from the text in the question?

Macbeth and the C19th prose (J&H or ACC)

What is the format of the power and conflict question?

given 1 poem and choose another cluster poem to compare

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1
How many English GCSE papers are there in total?
4
1
2
3
2
How many minutes approximately should you spend on Language Paper 1, question 3?
45 minutes
5 - 6 minutes
8 - 10 minutes
18 - 20 minutes
3
Which paper will you find the Macbeth question on?
Literature Paper 1
Literature Paper 2
Language Paper 2
Language Paper 1
4
How should you spend your time in the writing tasks?
10 mins planning, 30 mins writing, 5 mins checking
45 mins writing
5 mins planning, 40 mins writing
panicking
5
What strategy should be used for analysis?
ISPACE
PEEZL
PEE
DAFORREST
6
Which paper is 2 hours and 15 minutes long?
Literature Paper 2
Language Paper 1
Language Paper 2
Literature Paper 1
7
How many marks are available for Language Paper 2, question 3?
10 marks
8 marks
12 marks
16 marks
8
Which is the only literature text you will have a choice of questions for?
The cluster poetry
An Inspector Calls
Jekyll and Hyde
Macbeth
9
Which is NOT a structural device?
Contrast
Foreshadowing
Onomatopoeia
Narrative perspective
10
Which paper's first question asks you to choose 4 statements that are true?
Language Paper 1
Literature Paper 2
Language Paper 2
Literature Paper 1
11
what should you always do before you begin writing an extended essay response?
pop to the loo
plan your ideas
nothing, just start writing there's not much time
Enjoy the moment
12
How should you aim to organise your time in the unseen poetry section?
No idea
45 mins on part A - no point in bothering about part B
20 mins on part A and 25 mins on part B
30 mins on part A and 15 mins on part B
13
Which paper will you find the question on An Inspector Calls?
Language Paper 1
Literature Paper 1
Literature Paper 2
Language Paper 2
14
What is a simile?
when something is described as being something else
where 2 contrasting ideas are placed near each other
a comparison of two things using like or as
some sort of poetic form
15
What is DAFORREEST?
another annoying teacher acronym
an acronym to help remember descriptive techniques
evidence that teachers are not cool
an acronym to help remember persuasive techniques
16
Which lit texts will you get an extract from the text in the question?
An Inspector Calls and Macbeth
Macbeth and the C19th prose (J&H or ACC)
an Inspector Calls
Macbeth
17
Which paper has 3 sections?
Literature Paper 1
Language Paper 2
Language Paper 1
Literature Paper 2
18
What is the purpose of the writing task in Paper 2?
To rant
To narrate
To present a point of view
To describe
19
What kind of extract do you have to explore in Language Paper 1?
A non-fiction extract
A fiction extract
A really hard one
There's an extract?
20
What is the format of the power and conflict question?
given 1 poem and choose another cluster poem to compare
you are given 2 poems to compare
You choose any poem to analyse
you're given a theme and you must choose 2 poems to compare

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