1. Question 1 – Information Retrieval
Worth 4 marks – spend 5 minutes answering it.
AO1
Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas.
Select and synthesise evidence from different texts.
Look at the source.
Look at lines …... What four things do we learn about…
Use quotations to support each point.

2. Question 2 – Language Analysis
Worth 8 marks – spend 10 minutes answering it in 2 PEEL paragraphs
AO2:
Explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views
This question assesses language: Words / Phrases / Language Features / Language Techniques / Sentence Forms
Look at the source.
Look at lines….How does the writer use language to describe/show….?
Include:
Words and phrases
Language features and techniques
Sentence forms.

3. Question 3 – STRUCTURE Analysis
Worth 8 marks – spend 10 minutes answering it in 2 PEES paragraphs. Question 3 focuses on the structure of the text Look at the whole source.
How has the writer structured the text to interest you as a reader?
Structural features:
Beginning & ending of a text
Perspective shifts
Topic change & topic shift
Paragraph lengths (including single sentence paragraphs)
Sentence lengths
Repetition
Lists

4. Question 4 – CRITICAL RESPONSE
Worth 20 marks – spend 25 minutes answering it in 2 PEEC paragraphs
AO4:
Evaluate texts critically and support this with appropriate textual references
How has the writer structured the text to interest you as a reader?
Structural features:
Beginning & ending of a text
Perspective shifts
Topic change & topic shift
Paragraph lengths (including single sentence paragraphs)
Sentence lengths
Repetition
Lists