Questions 1-4 Non-Fiction Exam

Non-Fiction Texts Exam

Question 1

• Provide a summary of what you have leaned from the article
• Ensure that you deduce and infer meanings rather than just state the obvious
• Provide 'connections and comments' about the concerns raised in the text
• Use quotes to support your answer
• You do not need to analyse language features (no PQE)

Question 2 

• Avoid general answers - be specific
• What does the image show?  Does it contradict or support the article?  Is it ironic?
• When responding tho the headlines or anything with words in, concentrate on each individual word, its meaning and how it links to the article. 
• If there is a language technique being used - name it and say why its being used
• Similarly name the presentational feature
• Use quotes where appropriate
• Use PQE

Key words:  font, colour, headlines, sub-headings, logos, slogans, tabloid, pictures, quotations, photographs, diagrams, italics, bullet-points, text wrap, charts, caption

Question 3

• Ensure you only write about the parts of the text that are relevant (ie only the parts that are tense and exciting or where you find out what the writer is feeling)
• Avoid comments suc as 'it makes you want to read on'
• Practise explaining why the writing is effective for the reader by making perceptive comments related to: your own experience, other parts of the text, or the context of the situation
• Write in detail
• Use quotes to support your points

Question 4

• This one tests yuor language analysis and knowledge of language techniques and the effect of them on the reader
• Use PQE throughout
• Use comparison connectives (one the other hand, similarly, in contrast etc)
• This question has 16 marks so your answer needs to be twice as informed as your previous answers
• The best responses from candidates are ones that pick out exciting techniques using a quote and then really analyse the quote and technique in detail, using close word analysis and evaluative comments.
• In addition to this, you need to pic kout a similar point to compare the quote to from the other article.

Key words:  informal, formal, technical, scientific, emotive, serious, descriptive, first person, second person, third person, humorous, impersonal, fact, opinion, colloquial, ironic, repetition, informative, bias, anecdote, persuasive, rhetorical, hyperbole, alliteration, imagery

REMEMBER to expand your answers fully.  Here are some sentence starters to make your answer effective:
This quote suggests...
The words '...' suggest...
The reason a (simile) is being used is ...
This quote could also suggest ...
This is ironic because ...
This image juxtaposes with the article because...
This article excites me because ...