Reading 20th- and 21st-century non-fiction — Edexcel GCSE English Language 1EN0
Edexcel GCSE English Language · 1EN0
Reading 20th- and 21st-century non-fiction
Paper 2 reading questions
What you need to know
Reading unseen non-fiction with confidence: journalism, speeches, autobiography, letters and travel writing, what makes a text literary non-fiction, and how to spot a writer's purpose, audience and viewpoint.
The worked example uses two linked texts about arriving at a workhouse casual ward for a night's shelter, both printed in the lesson: Text 1 from George Orwell's memoir 'Down and Out in Paris and London' (1933) and Text 2 from Jack London's 'The People of the Abyss' (1903).
Sentence starters and a short checklist for using the skill in the exam.
