Paper 1 Question 3: language and structure — Edexcel GCSE English Language 1EN0
Edexcel GCSE English Language · 1EN0
Paper 1 Question 3: language and structure
Paper 1 reading questions
What you need to know
The 6-mark AO2 question: what the writer's choices of language and structure do in a reprinted section of the extract, with a focus the question sets.
Why an answer must cover both language and structure to reach Level 2, and how to write a short, precise answer within Section A's hour, using the marks as a guide to time.
The worked example uses an extract of about 650 words from Wilkie Collins's 19th-century story 'The Dream Woman', printed in the lesson.
What separates the levels, in our own words, and a model answer with the level and mark an examiner would give, and why.
A weaker and a stronger answer to the same task side by side, with what lifts the weaker one to the next level.
Sentence starters for the question and a short checklist of the steps, for students aiming at Grade 4 and above.
