Section+A+Revision+Material

[[file:Examiners Report.pdf]]
=Question 1 in Section A is, basically, a SUMMARY task.=

You will be asked to READ an article of some description, and then produce your own SUMMARY of it, bringing out the most pertinent points but using your own words. It requires you to show skills of understanding, interpretation and inference - as well as the ability to distinguish between and prioritise points of varying importance.

This is the article you were asked to summarise in your Mock Exam: This is an annotated version of the article, in response to the exam question itself: And this is an exemplar exam response, showing you what you need to do to score full marks:

As you can see, the examiner is looking for something which is CONCISE, INTERESTING, RELEVANT and ORIGINAL.

Now try this exam question, and see if you can put into practice what you have just learnt:

=Question 2 in Section A is different - an exercise in ANALYSIS.=

it is asking you to READ another article, and then analyse and comment on how it uses CONTENT, LANGUAGE and PRESENTATION to achieve its desired effect. For example, if it is a piece of PERSUASIVE writing, how does it seek to persuade its target AUDIENCE? And remember: always make sure you are able to provide textual examples for each point you make...

This is the article you were asked to analyse in your Mock Exam: This is an annotated version of the article, having read the exam question itself: This is a list of bulletpoints, detailing each of the points which could/should be made to achieve maximum marks. How many would you have found? Have I missed anything out?