Paper 2 Question 4: language and structure

The 10-mark AO2 question on the whole of Text 2: how the writer tries to interest and engage the reader through language and structure.
Why an answer must cover both language and structure to go beyond Level 2, and tracking how the text unfolds from its opening to its ending.
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.

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