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Identify the key words
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A 5 question quiz helping learners develop their ability to identify and interpret the key words used in the comparative questions on Paper 2 of the new Edexcel GCSE English Language exams.
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comparing texts
gcse english 2016 onwards
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Question 1
Question
Choose from the drop-down menus to label this exam question with the correct interpretations of the key words.
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Answer
Focus of question = discrimination
Focus of question = suffering
Things that are the same
Things that are different
Focus = discrimination
Focus = the writers
Must discuss both texts
Discuss one text in more detail
Direct quotes and reference
General comments
Quotes both texts to show similarities
Quote both texts to show differences
Write in PEED paragraphs
Use floating quotes
Question 2
Question
When you see the word 'compare' in an exam question you are only being asked to write about the similarities bewteen the two texts.
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Answer
True
False
Question 3
Question
Which of the following words that appear in exam questions is telling you to focus on the writers' techniques in terms of language and structure?
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Answer
How
Present
Compare
Ideas
Perspectives
Question 4
Question
In the exam question opposite, what aspect of the text are you being asked to focus on?
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Answer
Success and failure
the ideas of the writer
the perspectives of the writer
Question 5
Question
Annotate this typical 7b question to show what the key words are telling you to write about.
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Answer
Similarities and differences
Similarities only
Writers' techniques
The key points
Language and structure
How it looks
How they think
How they feel
Writer's attitudes and values
Writer's moral stance
Focus = racial discrimination
Focus = general discrimnation
Write in PEED paragraphs
Write a summary
Direct quotations
Paraphrase the text
Both texts equally
One text in more detail than other
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