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12 exam-style questions with model answers, plus 16 quick multi-choice questions — every question on the site for this standard, grouped by the 4 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 respond critically means at Level 3 and how it differs from analyse at Level 2.
Explain why a strong Level 2 essay does not reach Merit at Level 3, and how to convert an analytical paragraph into a critical one.
Using the Kaituna Freezing Works extract, discuss the extent to which adding judgement to a Level 2 reading is enough to reach the top of this standard.
Describe the format of the AS91472 exam and explain what discuss the extent to which you agree requires you to do.
Explain how to break an exam statement into its separate claims, and why that produces a better essay than deciding whether you agree with it as a whole.
Discuss the claim that the hardest position to argue in this exam — disagreeing with the statement and offering a better account — is also the most rewarding one to attempt.
Explain what focus and scope are, and explain the difference between connecting points and integrating them.
Explain the process of narrowing a topic into a focus, and explain how to use the deletion test while planning.
Discuss the claim that an essay containing a wide range of relevant points is necessarily a stronger response than one built on fewer.
Describe the structure of a Level 3 critical essay, explaining what the introduction, a body paragraph and the conclusion must each contain.
Explain how to select and use evidence at Level 3, including what counts as evidence beyond quotation.
Discuss the extent to which sophistication can be taught, given that Excellence also requires interpretations that are insightful and/or original.