Paper 1 Overview

**Title**: Paper 1 - Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing\\ **Time**: 1 hour 45 minutes \\ **Marks**: 80 total \\ **Reading**: 40 marks \\ **Writing**: 40 marks \\

Section A: Reading (40 marks)

You get one fiction extract (usually 19th–21st century).

Q1 (4 marks) – Retrieval (AO1) “List four things about…”

Q2 (8 marks) – Language analysis (AO2) How does the writer use language to…?

Q3 (8 marks) – Structure analysis (AO2) How has the writer structured the text to interest you?

Q4 (20 marks) – Evaluation (AO4) “To what extent do you agree…?”

Section B: Writing (40 marks)

Q5 (40 marks) – Creative writing (AO5 + AO6) Usually either: A descriptive task (e.g. describe an image/setting), OR A story opening/whole story