English Paper 2 questions: Exerpt from compulsory text, Poetry and Grammar
English Paper 2 Excerpts, Poetry and Grammar notes and tips
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English Paper 2 questions: Exerpt from compulsory text, Poetry and Grammar
The tips for Question 1: Conventionalcomprehension/ Unseen Passage are Here Question 2: Excerpt from Compulsory text Areas Tested in English paper 2 Question 2 Excerpt
question: · The excerpt passage is picked
from either of compulsory texts- Novel, Play · For the excerpt question, it is important to focus on Episodic
Scenes- Important scenes in the text that propel the plot. How the Excerpt is Tested The excerpt question involves a variety of questions that
capture plot development, characterization, themes , style, paraphrasing,
semantics and grammar Context questions · Context questions include: what happens
immediately before or after? must be immediate; shouldn’t go too far ahead or
back. · Put the extract in
its immediate context – Candidates expected to say what happens before and
after. Each point scores 1mk (hint: check on opening statement/speech and
ending to have an idea) Challenge that most students face in excerpts: The most common challenge facing students in excerpts going beyond con…
