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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 how AS91474 differs from the Level 2 unfamiliar text standard, and describe what a complete Level 3 paragraph contains that a Level 2 paragraph does not.
A strong student consistently writes accurate, well-evidenced answers and is consistently graded Achieved. Explain why this happens in this standard, and explain what the student should change.
Discuss whether a negative judgement about a supplied text can be a route to Excellence, and evaluate the risks of attempting one.
Explain what the Explanatory Notes mean by a significant aspect in AS91474, and describe two checks that identify one.
Explain why students who search for figurative language often underperform in this standard, and explain how to identify the aspects that are genuinely significant.
Discuss the claim that in a short supplied text, what a writer refuses to do is more revealing than what they do.
Describe the structure of the AS91474 exam paper, explain what counts as a specific aspect of written texts, and outline a method for working an unfamiliar text under time.
Explain why the countable requirements in this paper are lost silently, and explain a procedure that protects against losing them.
Discuss how the three-question, no-choice structure of this paper changes what candidates should practise, compared with the studied-text externals AS91472 and AS91473.
Describe how to structure an answer to Question One or Two, and explain what a complete paragraph contains.
Explain why a paragraph organised around a technique tends to score lower than one organised around an effect, and explain how to convert the first kind into the second.
Discuss what makes a piece of evidence strong in an unfamiliar-text answer, given that the marker has the same text in front of them and no context is shared.
Describe what Question Three requires and explain how to structure a comparative answer.
Explain why same means, different effect is a stronger comparison than both writers use the same technique, and explain how to find one in the exam.
Discuss why comparison is the part of this paper candidates are least prepared for, and evaluate what would fix it.