Component 1 Question 4: language and structure — Eduqas GCSE English Language C700
Eduqas GCSE English Language · C700
Component 1 Question 4: language and structure
Component 1 reading questions
What you need to know
The 10-mark AO2 question that asks about language and structure, such as the impressions of a character and how the writer creates them: tracking the section, and explaining how the order of events and the writer's word choices shape a reader's view.
Why an answer must cover structure as well as language when the question asks for both, and how to do it without listing techniques.
The worked example uses Saki's complete short story 'The Open Window' (1914), printed in the lesson.
What separates the mark ranges, 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.
