Paper 2 Question 2: language — Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.0 1EN2
Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.0 · 1EN2
Paper 2 Question 2: language
Paper 2 reading questions
What you need to know
The 6-mark AO2 question on a reprinted extract from Text 1: how the writer uses language to describe or show what the question names, with examples and relevant subject terminology.
Why the question rewards language alone, and writing a short, precise answer within Section A's 1 hour 10 minutes, using the marks as a guide to time.
The worked example uses two linked texts about surviving extreme cold, both printed in the lesson: Text 1 from Ernest Shackleton's account of his Antarctic expedition, 'South' (1919), and Text 2 from Jack London's short story 'To Build a Fire' (1908).
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.
