Paper 1 Question 1 is a quick “search and find” question. You are being tested on your ability to retrieve information from a text. You will be asked to list or find four things about something from certain lines in the source document. It is very important that you only take your answers from the lines you are given in the question. This question assesses AO1 (1):
AO1 (1):
Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas
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Question |
Marks |
Suggested timing |
Text |
AO |
1 |
4 |
5 minutes (or 10 minutes including reading time) |
Given lines of Source A (20th or 21st century prose fiction) |
AO1(1): Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas |
You should write your answers as four separate statements. Making inferences is not required in this question. You do not need to write a whole paragraph for each answer, or attempt to ‘explain’ what a quote means. You are just being tested on your ability to find the information. It really is that straightforward.
Steps to success for the search and find question
Following these steps will give you a strategy for answering this question effectively:
- Grab your highlighter and read the question first
- Read the question carefully and highlight which lines you need to use in the source text for your answers
- Highlight the focus of the question
- Scan the section of the source
- Highlight only the information directly relevant to the focus of the question
- Write your answers
- Write four separate answers
- Each answer must clearly relate to the focus of the question
- Write each answer as a complete sentence
- For example: “It is snowing” or “She is standing on a mountain”