Year 10
English Language Revision Booklet
Paper 1 – Fiction
,Guidance/Top Tips
Question 1 – (4 marks)
Read the extracts carefully
Make sure you select information from the appropriate part of the text
Write in full sentences
You can use the words from the text – you do not have to put it in your own words
Question 2 – (8 marks)
Only select information from the appropriate part of the text
Use subject specific terminology (verb, simile, adjective, complex sentence etc)
Use quotations in your answer
Make sure your analysis is clear
Read the question carefully
Question 3 – (8 marks)
Do not analyse language (you should not be analysing the use of verbs, similes,
metaphors, adjectives etc – this is for question 2)
Look specifically at the focus of each section and notice what it changes to throughout
the extract – write about why the writer has started the extract with this particular
description/dialogue
Use subject terminology (focus, foreshadowing, zooming, narrative perspective,
dialogue)
Use quotations to support your points
Question 4 – (20 marks)
Only select information from the appropriate part of the text
Use evaluative comments such as:
o The writer effectively…
o This is successful at…
Analyse the use of the writer’s methods and use subject terminology (adverb, simile,
metaphor, verb etc)
Use quotations
Refer back to the statement by using the key words
, Extract One: Girl with a Pearl Earring
This extract is taken from the beginning of the novel. The protagonist, Griet, describes the
morning when she meets her future employers for the first time, for whom she will work
as a maid.
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English Language Revision Booklet
Paper 1 – Fiction
,Guidance/Top Tips
Question 1 – (4 marks)
Read the extracts carefully
Make sure you select information from the appropriate part of the text
Write in full sentences
You can use the words from the text – you do not have to put it in your own words
Question 2 – (8 marks)
Only select information from the appropriate part of the text
Use subject specific terminology (verb, simile, adjective, complex sentence etc)
Use quotations in your answer
Make sure your analysis is clear
Read the question carefully
Question 3 – (8 marks)
Do not analyse language (you should not be analysing the use of verbs, similes,
metaphors, adjectives etc – this is for question 2)
Look specifically at the focus of each section and notice what it changes to throughout
the extract – write about why the writer has started the extract with this particular
description/dialogue
Use subject terminology (focus, foreshadowing, zooming, narrative perspective,
dialogue)
Use quotations to support your points
Question 4 – (20 marks)
Only select information from the appropriate part of the text
Use evaluative comments such as:
o The writer effectively…
o This is successful at…
Analyse the use of the writer’s methods and use subject terminology (adverb, simile,
metaphor, verb etc)
Use quotations
Refer back to the statement by using the key words
, Extract One: Girl with a Pearl Earring
This extract is taken from the beginning of the novel. The protagonist, Griet, describes the
morning when she meets her future employers for the first time, for whom she will work
as a maid.
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
