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15 exam-style questions with model answers, plus 20 quick multi-choice questions — every question on the site for this standard, grouped by the 5 pages of notes they come from.
Write a full answer before you reveal the model one — that comparison is where the marks come from. Every block links back to the notes that teach it.
Explain what a critical text is in AS91479, and how it differs from a primary source. Use examples.
A student has collected six critical texts on their topic and used each once. Explain, with reasons, why this is likely to be a weaker submission than one using three.
Respond critically to the claim that using critical texts makes a student's reading less their own.
Explain what a hypothesis is in AS91479 and describe how you would develop one from a first noticing about a text.
A student's hypothesis is: This novel explores identity. Explain why it will not frame an investigation, and rewrite it, giving reasons for each change.
Respond critically to the view that a hypothesis which survives the investigation unchanged shows the student framed the investigation well.
Explain what a critical lens is and describe three approaches you could use, saying what questions each one asks.
A student applies a feminist reading to an advertising campaign and concludes that the campaign is sexist. Explain, with reasons, why this is unlikely to meet the standard, and describe what a stronger version would do.
Respond critically to the view that choosing a critical lens before reading closely determines what you will find, and therefore weakens the investigation.
Describe how you would find critical texts for an investigation, how you would read one, and how you would judge it.
Explain why identifying the gap between a critic's claim and their evidence is more useful to your investigation than identifying either the claim or the evidence alone.
Respond critically to the view that a student cannot meaningfully critique published academic criticism, and should use it as authority instead.
Explain what synthesis means in AS91479 and describe how you would structure a response that demonstrates an informed understanding.
A student writes one paragraph on each of their three critical texts, then a fourth giving their own view. Explain, with reasons, why this structure cannot produce synthesis, and describe what to do instead.
Respond critically to the view that genuine synthesis is beyond a secondary student, because it requires knowing a field well enough to see what the sources have missed.