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What is Language Paper 1?
What is Language Paper 1?
Language Paper 1 is an exploration of creative reading and writing, featuring one fictional source. The allotted exam time is 1 hour and 45 minutes to complete both sections of the paper, worth 80 marks (50% of the student's language grade).
Section A of the paper is work 40 marks, and is composed of 4 reading questions.
Section B is also worth 40 marks, and contains a creative writing prompt.
Reading Section (Questions 1-4)
Reading Section (Questions 1-4)
For the reading section of this exam, we recommend students adopt a What How Why writing structure, to help them effectively communicate their thoughts and analysis. Each section will break this down with specific questions to help guide you, along with examples to help. A general overview of this structure is:
What is your opinion?
How can you support your opinion with evidence?
Why does it prove your point?
You should use this to help you construct paragraphs, and may use the components more than once within that paragraph (especially the How and Why).
Question 1: Select four correct answers...
This question will ask you to select the correct answer in four multiple choice questions about a section of the extract.
Question 2: How does the writer use language to...?
This question asks students to analyse a specific section of the extract for language features.
Question 3: How does the writer structure the text to...?
This question asks students to analyse the whole extract for structural features.
Question 4: To what extent do you agree?
This question asks students to evaluate the texts based on a specific prompt, and explain to what extent they agree. Students should analyse both language and structural techniques in their response.
Writing Section (Question 5)
Writing Section (Question 5)
Question 5: Descriptive or narrative writing.
This question will ask students to develop a piece of creative writing based on either a visual prompt or a narrative prompt.
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