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English P2 Notes Passage 1 12 Marks For Content Points

The document provides guidance for writing summaries and answering questions for the English P2 exam. It states that summaries should be 150-160 words and include 12-15 content points from the passage expressed in easy language and 2 paragraphs. When answering questions, responses should be 1-2 lines using one's own words as much as possible. Implicit meanings should be inferred and the effects of words on characters and readers considered.

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English P2 Notes Passage 1 12 Marks For Content Points

The document provides guidance for writing summaries and answering questions for the English P2 exam. It states that summaries should be 150-160 words and include 12-15 content points from the passage expressed in easy language and 2 paragraphs. When answering questions, responses should be 1-2 lines using one's own words as much as possible. Implicit meanings should be inferred and the effects of words on characters and readers considered.

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ENGLISH P2 Notes

PASSAGE 1

12 marks for Content Points

Minimum 12 max 14-15

Exempt Examples unless a specified given

Summary

150-160 (inclusive of the 10 words given)

ELABORATION OF CONTENT POINTS

Easy Language

Exempt the unnecessary examples

Continuous Prose 2 paragraphs

Right Linking Devices (Connectors, Time, examples, addition)

Use content points and Rephrase them without changing the meaning

70% own words

CONNECTORS
ENGLISH P2 Passage 2

Precise answers of 1 – 2 lines

EXAMINERS: ‘Good candidates answer each question in one or two short and clear
sentences” It is only weak candidates who write long, muddled answers containing
different guesses’

Explicit

Use your own words as much as you can. Copy Paste from the Passage – LAST RESORT

Implicit Meaning

Infer – deduce

Effect

What does the word “hissed” signifies what “said” alone won’t have done?

Hissed signifies/demonstrates the degree of anger which said alone won’t be able to
convey.

One word

Contextually similar meaning – Not a Phrase

The word is “_____”

OWN WORDS – 2 marks

2 words – add synonyms and rephrase the line

“The man Showed great audacity in carrying out his plan”

The man was really bold in completing his plans

Example

“ It was back breaking to carry on the labour”

It was a difficult / strenuous / painful to execute the task.

Meaning and Effect 4 marks

Meaning – Rephrase with synonyms without changing the meaning

Effect – On the character / Writer / Reader

Vocabulary 5 marks

MCQs – Contextual Meaning


MEANING AND EFFECT

Examples

“Octavia’s Temperature was high enough to justify ringing for the doctor”

Meaning: Octavia was seriously ill for which doctor had to be called in any
circumstances.

Effect on writer: It signifies how concerned the mother is.

“They were casting a last look at their former home”

Meaning: They were moving to another place

Effect: Expresses how attached they were to their former home.

“he fixed me with intense stare”

Meaning: He focused at me / He glared at me / he looked at me closely

Effect: It conveys the seriousness of the situation. Joe wants him to know that he
isn’t joking/ is serious.

“we would saunter off down the path”

Meaning: They walked slowly down the path / They walked casually down.

Effect:

“I knew without a shadow of doubt that I wanted to be a collector of Animals”

Meaning: He was certain/definite/he was sure that he wanted to be a zoologist.

Effect: Shows the Determination of the writer / confidence.

“ ’This is the last straw’ roared Larry. So get that animal out of here!”

Meaning: Lary want the animal out of the house because he is tired/ fed up of it.

Effect: Shows his anger / intolerance / unsympathetic

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