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- Subject: English
- AS: 90378
- Level: 2
- Credits: 3
- External
2.4 Analyse short written texts
Assessment
- This is an external standard to be sat under examination conditions. You will not be able to take your notes into the examination.
- You will be given a booklet containing a choice of questions and space to plan and write your essay.
- You must write your essay in the correct answer booklet for your chosen texts, use the 2.4 booklet for this standard.
- You will write one essay of at least 300 words by choosing from a list of about eight different questions.
- Typically each question will have two parts. The first part will ask you how an aspect of each text was shown and the second part will ask you to explain and evaluate why or how this aspect was effective. You must answer each part of the question.
- You will have about 45 minutes to complete this standard. You can divide your time like this:
- plan – 10 minutes
- write – 30 minutes
- proofread – 5 minutes.
