Exam paper- English GCSE paper1

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Explain and comment on words / sentences and why a writer has chosen them

E.g. ‘The gold was shrouded in mystery’ – T his word suggests that the treasure has been covered up, hidden or has links with the semantic field of death

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Questions: Thoughts and Feelings

Focus: consider language, character and meaning and how they contribute and how they contribute to your thoughts and feelings about the extract

Look carefully at the task and what it asks you to do. Eg:

Write about the whole passage

or

Write about part of the passage

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Section B: Writing

B1

Writing to describe

No choice given

One task

Spend 30 mins on this section

B2

Narrative writing

5/6 choices given

Complete one task

Spend 50 mins on this section

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Section B1: Planning

B1

Use the 5 senses

Vary punctuation

Include: similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, emotive language

Describe minute detail

5+ paragraphs

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Section B2: Planning

B2

Vary punctuation

Include: similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, emotive language

Use speech sparingly

5+ paragraphs

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Punctuation

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Punctuation:

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Section B: Proof Reading

Make sure you spend 5 mins proof reading your writing

Have you got paragraphs?

Have you used punctuation?

Have you varied your punctuation?

Could you add anymore detail?

Could you vary vocab making it even more interesting?

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And Finally:

Don’t panic!

Do your best!

and

Good luck!