My teacher and tutor both told me that for:
question 1 all you have to do is quote from the text. 8 quotes for full marks or 6 explained for full marks.
For question 2 all you have to do is say how presentational devices are used to explain the text or help to explain and how useful they are
For question 3 it's usually about saying how he uses language to create a certain mood - and the points you make don't have to be that detailed, literally they just have to be very basic points as long as you have a valid explanation
Or question 4 it's usually comparative, which is usually the harder one to answer. My tutor said that each year try give you three extracts, and one usually seems completely different and so you should do the ones that seem the same, and ten just comment on how each writer uses different language techniques to create the same effect. For example I did the January 2011 exam and their were two about action and then one about a dead dinosaur, so I chose the two action ones and explained how they both used dynamic verbs, but one used incrementum etc.
Hope this helps!
I didn't get on to the writing though as its my weakest point, anyone got any tips as to how to write to get good marks on section B? Would be much appreciated!
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