language paper 2

Question 1

Q2. you need to refer to source A and source B for this question: use details from both sources to write a summary of the ______

what are the steps to completing this question?

Answer 1

1. highlight the key words in the question to make sure that you are comparing and inferring the right things
2. “there are similar things about (insert key words in question) in the two extracts, but they have a different emphasis”
3. quote something from the oldest extract. Use “so” or “which suggests” or “which implies” to show that you are inferring something from quotation
4. introduce difference with while/whereas/in contrast/on the other hand
5. write about how this is different in the next extract, with a quotation (or a direct reference if no quote)
6. quote something from the oldest extract. Use “so”/”which suggests”/”which implies” to show that you are inferring from quote
7. rank your differences, stating it is the main, or most dramatic, or most significant, or the worst difference. State this in your sentence
8. continue making as many points as you can for 12 minutes
9. no conclusion

Question 2

what do you need to do for paper 2 question 4 (compare how the writers convey their different perspectives on…)?

Answer 2

• name each technique
• find a difference in each writer’s purpose
• Quote from each writer
  in order to answer the question fully:
• decide on the writer’s purpose
• find quotes from the beginning, middle and end of the text
• move through these in order

Question 3

What do you need to do for paper 2 question 3 (writer’s use of language)?

Answer 3

1. Write an opening sentence that uses the key words from the question
2. Find quotations with more than one technique in them
3. Use the right subject terminology when you write about them
4. remember that the descriptive techniques are always about imagery: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, assonance, sibilance, onomatopoeia
5. remember that structural techniques of language are: juxtaposition, contrast, repetition, listing, complex sentences, allusion, foreshadowing
6. explain what the intended effect on the reader is for each quote
7. the phrase “this elicits sympathy from the readers” could be useful, and always say “the writer employs” instead of “the writer uses”
8. make sure you have at least one quotation from the beginning, middle and end, to show the examiner you have mastered the whole text