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Getting Started With GCSE Language Paper 1 Q4

Steps Tips & Techniques


1. Draw a box around the section of the text that the question directs you to focus on. E.g. from line 16
to the end.

2. Identify the focus(es) of the pupil’s It is useful to consider the bullet points in relation to the
statement in response to the extract. statement, but you must focus on the pupil’s statement in
your response.

3. Write an initial response to the pupil’s Although the question asks to what extent you agree with
statement. the statement, it is okay to agree completely. You do not
have to propose alternative interpretations.

4. Paying attention to the lines you have been directed to in the question, read the extract and
highlight textual references which support your response to the statement.

5. Look at the quotations that you have Has the writer chosen positive or negative words to
identified. Which ‘methods’ has the describe character/ setting?
writer used to create a particular Has she chosen words because of their connotations
impression, or to convey certain (associations)?
information? What techniques has the writer used to describe
It is important to use the correct character/setting/mood/atmosphere?
terminology when writing about
methods.
6. Identify the writer’s use of syntactic Has the writer used short, simple sentences to create a
(word order/choices) effects to guide your sense of drama, or to emphasise a particular idea? Has
response to the event, character or the writer used elliptical and minor sentences to create
setting. an informal ‘chatty’ tone? Has the writer used effects like
listing? What effect do they have on the reader?

7. Identify the writer’s use of structural Are there any repeated words or images? Is the extract in
effects to guide your response to the the first or third person? What is the effect of this? How
character and add these to your mind- does the extract begin and how does it end? Is there a
map. contrast (e.g. over confident boxer at the beginning of the
bout, but physically crushed by the end)? Does the focus
shift during the course of the extract (e.g. from one
character to another?) What is the effect of this?
Make sure all comments link back to the
question

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