GCSE
LANGUAGE
WRITERS’ VIEWPOINTS & PERSPECTIVES PAPER 2 WRITERS’ VIEWPOINTS & PERSPECTIVES
1 hour 45 minutes
READING
QUESTIONS
4 Marks INFORMATION RETRIEVAL Q 1 4 Marks INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
AO1 Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas. Select and synthesise evidence from different texts.
‘Choose four statements about the text that are true…’
Q 2 8 Marks SUMMARISE
AO1 Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas. Select and synthesise evidence from different texts.
‘Use details from both sources to write a summary of…’
12 Marks LANGUAGE ANALYSIS Q 3 12 Marks LANGUAGE ANALYSIS
AO2 Explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views
‘How has the writer used language to convey…’
Q 4 16 Marks COMPARISON
AO3 Compare writers’ ideas and perspectives, as well as how these are conveyed, across two or more texts
Compare how the writers of both sources have conveyed…