Part A: What The Question Is Asking (OCR GCSE English Literature): Model Answers

Part A: What The Question Is Asking

• Close Reading Task: This part requires you to focus on a specific extract from the text. You need to analyse how the writer uses language, form, and structure to create meaning within the passage. It would help if you explored the significance of the extract in the context of the entire work, considering how it reflects broader themes, character development, and the author's intentions.

  Example: If you're analysing an extract from Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, you might focus on how Ishiguro uses the characters' dialogue to reveal their acceptance of their fate subtly. For instance, Kathy's reflective tone when discussing her memories could be analysed to show how it contributes to the theme of memory and loss and ties into the novel's exploration of identity and humanity.