How to Approach Paper 2

Section A - Reading (Total: 40 marks)

• In this section, you'll answer 4 questions based on a single fiction extract. Here's a quick overview of what they're about and how many marks they are worth. | Question | Focus | Marks | |---|---|---| | 1 | Comprehension | 4 | | 2 | Language Analysis | 8 | | 3 | Structure Analysis | 8 | | 4 | Evaluation | 20 |

Use the paper 1 guide to see how to analyse the extract in detail → How to Approach Paper 1

Section B

• In this section, you'll answer a creative writing question based on a prompt. This could be a story, description, or a piece inspired by an image. You'll have 45 minutes for this section.

You will then be asked 4 questions about this extract, we'll go through how to answer each of these questions for a grade 9 next.