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L ANGUAGE:
3. Paper 1 - Reading
Paper 1 - Fiction
,Paper 1 - Fiction
, 3.1 - Overview of Section A:
Paper 1, Section A - Reading:
• In Section A of Paper 1, you will be given a 40-50 line extract from a
20th or 21st century text.
1. Questions in Section A:
• Section A focuses on how writers use description and literary techniques
to hook readers.
• You should bear this overall focus in mind whenever you are answering
questions from Section A of Paper 1.
• Section A contains four questions:
- Question 1 (4 marks).
- Question 2 (8 marks).
- Question 3 (8 marks).
- Question 4 (20 marks).
2. Timing in Section A:
• The exam is 1 hour, 45 minutes and worth 80 marks in total.
• Allow around 10 minutes for reading at the start.
• This gives you 1 hour, 35 minutes (or 95 minutes) for answering
questions.
• Based on this, you should dedicate 1-1.5 minutes per mark.
• So on Section A, you should spend approximately:
- 4-5 minutes on Question 1 (4 marks).
Paper 1 - Fiction
L ANGUAGE:
3. Paper 1 - Reading
Paper 1 - Fiction
,Paper 1 - Fiction
, 3.1 - Overview of Section A:
Paper 1, Section A - Reading:
• In Section A of Paper 1, you will be given a 40-50 line extract from a
20th or 21st century text.
1. Questions in Section A:
• Section A focuses on how writers use description and literary techniques
to hook readers.
• You should bear this overall focus in mind whenever you are answering
questions from Section A of Paper 1.
• Section A contains four questions:
- Question 1 (4 marks).
- Question 2 (8 marks).
- Question 3 (8 marks).
- Question 4 (20 marks).
2. Timing in Section A:
• The exam is 1 hour, 45 minutes and worth 80 marks in total.
• Allow around 10 minutes for reading at the start.
• This gives you 1 hour, 35 minutes (or 95 minutes) for answering
questions.
• Based on this, you should dedicate 1-1.5 minutes per mark.
• So on Section A, you should spend approximately:
- 4-5 minutes on Question 1 (4 marks).
Paper 1 - Fiction
