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7/22/2019 GCSE Lit Exam - Extracts
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GCSE Lit Exam
Extract Questions
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Extract Questions Higher Tier
Extracts
With close reference to the extract, show how ---------- creates mood and atmosphere here.
Look closely at how --------- speaks and behaves here. How does it affect your feelings towards him/her?
Look closely at how --------- speaks and behaves here. What does it reveal of his/her
state of mind?
How does -------- suggest ---------s feelings in this extract?
Look closely at how ---------- and ----------- speak and behave here. What does it reveal
about their relationship?
Look closely at how ---------- speaks and behaves here. What impressions would an audience receive of his/her character?
Look closely at how --------- speaks and behaves here. How might it affect an audiences
feelings towards him/her?
Foundation Tier
Extracts:
What are your thoughts and feelings as you read this extract? Remember to give reasons
for what you say, and to support your answer with words and phrases from the text.
What do you think of the way ----x---- speaks and behaves here? Give reasons for what you say, and support your answer with words and phrases from the text.
What impressions of ---x---- do you have when you read this extract? Give reasons for
what you say, and support your answer with words and phrases from the text.
What does this extract show you about ----x-----s feelings? Give reasons for what you say,
and support your answer with words and phrases from the text.
What are your thoughts and feelings about ----x----here? Give reasons for what you say,
and remember to support your answer with words and phrases from the text.
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1. The Extract Questions
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How to approach an extractBefore you start, check the focus of the question(s), then highlight or underline
relevant details (words/phrases, rather than big chunks ) covering key relevant
parts of the extract. Feel free to write all over the extract.
Its useful to ask yourself why this particular extract has been chosen: it may be a
turning point in the story, or it may reveal something new or significant about a
character, for example. This could be a starting point for your answer.
Be specific - for example, if the question is about how the writer creates mood
and atmosphere, say straight away what the mood and atmosphere is, or if it is
about a character, make a clear point about the character in question.
Tackle the key areas of the extract, selecting and highlighting detail. DONT
FORGET THE QUESTION! Make sure you go right to the end of the extract -
there will be a good reason why it starts and ends where it does.
If its relevant, you may make brief reference to other parts of the text - to put the
extract in context - but YOUR MAIN CONCERN IS THE EXTRACT.
In the play extract, make full use of the stage directions, and analyse them as
closely as you do the dialogue - look really closely at how the characters speak.
Always support what you say with reference to the text of the extract.
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What should you be looking for?
Why has Steinbeck chosen particularwords/phrases and what is their impact on
the reader/audience?
Try to identify technical features (similes,
metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia,
consonance, sibilance, personification)
and always try to explain what the
technical feature contributes to thereaders understanding.
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Extract Tips
Try to consider the shape (structure) of the
text. Look at the length of the sentences
and the order in which information is
presented. Try to consider why theauthor/playwright has chosen to write in
this way.
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Extract Tips
Use short quotations from the extract to
support the points you make.
Always stick very closely to the text.
Always work through it systematically.
Dont re-tell the story. Dont just explain
what is happening. Focus on how the textis written and how the events are being
presented to us.
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Starting an extract answer
Either establish when/where this is
happening and why it is important.
In this passage, the reader is made aware
that George and Lennie will never be able
to realise their dream.
Or respond directly to the question
The atmosphere in this extract is tense and
full of anxiety.
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Dealing with the Poetry Question
Use the bullet points to help you organise youressay;
Begin straight away by talking about meaning -you dont need a long introduction;
The mood is the feeling or atmosphere thatyou get from the poem;
Comment on metaphors/similes etc whentalking about how it is written;
Be confident - put your personal opinion
across; Use plenty of quotations to back up what you
say.
Refer to the poet by their surname.