GCSE Lit Exam - Extracts

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GCSE Lit Exam

Extract Questions


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Extract Questions Higher Tier

Extracts

With close reference to the extract, show how ---------- creates mood and atmosphere here.

Look closely at how --------- speaks and behaves here. How does it affect your feelings towards him/her?

Look closely at how --------- speaks and behaves here. What does it reveal of his/her

state of mind?

How does -------- suggest ---------s feelings in this extract?

Look closely at how ---------- and ----------- speak and behave here. What does it reveal

about their relationship?

Look closely at how ---------- speaks and behaves here. What impressions would an audience receive of his/her character?

Look closely at how --------- speaks and behaves here. How might it affect an audiences

feelings towards him/her?

Foundation Tier

Extracts:

What are your thoughts and feelings as you read this extract? Remember to give reasons

for what you say, and to support your answer with words and phrases from the text.

What do you think of the way ----x---- speaks and behaves here? Give reasons for what you say, and support your answer with words and phrases from the text.

What impressions of ---x---- do you have when you read this extract? Give reasons for

what you say, and support your answer with words and phrases from the text.

What does this extract show you about ----x-----s feelings? Give reasons for what you say,

and support your answer with words and phrases from the text.

What are your thoughts and feelings about ----x----here? Give reasons for what you say,

and remember to support your answer with words and phrases from the text.


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1. The Extract Questions


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How to approach an extractBefore you start, check the focus of the question(s), then highlight or underline

relevant details (words/phrases, rather than big chunks ) covering key relevant

parts of the extract. Feel free to write all over the extract.

Its useful to ask yourself why this particular extract has been chosen: it may be a

turning point in the story, or it may reveal something new or significant about a

character, for example. This could be a starting point for your answer.

Be specific - for example, if the question is about how the writer creates mood

and atmosphere, say straight away what the mood and atmosphere is, or if it is

about a character, make a clear point about the character in question.

Tackle the key areas of the extract, selecting and highlighting detail. DONT

FORGET THE QUESTION! Make sure you go right to the end of the extract -

there will be a good reason why it starts and ends where it does.

If its relevant, you may make brief reference to other parts of the text - to put the

extract in context - but YOUR MAIN CONCERN IS THE EXTRACT.

In the play extract, make full use of the stage directions, and analyse them as

closely as you do the dialogue - look really closely at how the characters speak.

Always support what you say with reference to the text of the extract.


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What should you be looking for?

Why has Steinbeck chosen particularwords/phrases and what is their impact on

the reader/audience?

Try to identify technical features (similes,

metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia,

consonance, sibilance, personification)

and always try to explain what the

technical feature contributes to thereaders understanding.


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Extract Tips

Try to consider the shape (structure) of the

text. Look at the length of the sentences

and the order in which information is

presented. Try to consider why theauthor/playwright has chosen to write in

this way.


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Extract Tips

Use short quotations from the extract to

support the points you make.

Always stick very closely to the text.

Always work through it systematically.

Dont re-tell the story. Dont just explain

what is happening. Focus on how the textis written and how the events are being

presented to us.


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Starting an extract answer

Either establish when/where this is

happening and why it is important.

In this passage, the reader is made aware

that George and Lennie will never be able

to realise their dream.

Or respond directly to the question

The atmosphere in this extract is tense and

full of anxiety.


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Dealing with the Poetry Question

Use the bullet points to help you organise youressay;

Begin straight away by talking about meaning -you dont need a long introduction;

The mood is the feeling or atmosphere thatyou get from the poem;

Comment on metaphors/similes etc whentalking about how it is written;

Be confident - put your personal opinion

across; Use plenty of quotations to back up what you

say.

Refer to the poet by their surname.

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GCSE Lit Exam - Extracts