Higher Paper
Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
Marks: 80
 Read
Question 1 so you know the focus of
your summary. Q1 is worth 8 marks.
 Spend 5 minutes reading Source 1. As
you read, underline/highlight any
phrases which relate to the question. Aim
to find 8 phrases.
 Spend 10 minutes writing your summary
of Source 1. Aim to make 8 points.
In the first paragraph, the writer...
 Read
Question 2 so you know which
presentational features you have to
analyse. Q2 is worth 8 marks.
 Spend 5 minutes reading Source 2 and
decide what its purpose is.
 Spend 5 minutes writing about the effect
of the heading. What effect do particular
words have on you?
 Spend 5 minutes describing the picture.
How does the picture make you feel?
Read Question 3 so you know whose thoughts and
feelings you are going to explore. Q3 is worth 8
marks.
 Spend 5 minutes reading Source 3. As you read,
underline/highlight any phrases which reveal the
person’s thoughts and feelings. Aim to find at least 5
phrases.
 Spend 10 minutes explaining how the person feels.
Aim to make and explain 5 points.

In the first paragraph, the writer feels...
I know this because they say...
This means...
Read Question 4 so you know which Sources you
are going to compare. Q4 is worth 16 marks.
 Spend 5 minutes reading the first Source. Decide
what its purpose is, and highlight places where
techniques for that purpose are used. Aim to find
4 techniques.
 Spend 5 minutes reading the second Source.
Decide what its purpose is, and highlight places
where techniques for that purpose are used. Aim
to find 4 techniques.
 Spend 15 minutes writing your comparison. Aim
to write about at least 6 techniques altogether.
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The purpose of Source 1 is...
The purpose of Source 2, on the other hand, is...
1. What is the writer
writing about?
2. How do they write
about it?
3. Quote!
4. What does it make
you think of/feel
like?
On the
other
hand, In
Source
2...
1. What is the writer
writing about?
2. How do they write
about it?
3. Quote!
4. What does it make
you think of/feel
like?
Read Question 6, which is worth 24 marks.
 Spend 5 minutes planning.
• Identify your target audience.
• List the techniques of the purpose you are writing
for.
• List the presentational devices of the form you will
use.
• Decide the formality and tone of your register.
• Make a plan for at least 4 sections of content.
 Spend 10 minutes writing each section of your
answer.
 At the end of each section, check your spelling,
punctuation and grammar.
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Read Question 5, which is worth 16 marks.
 Spend 4 minutes planning.
• Identify your target audience.
• List the techniques of the purpose you are writing
for.
• List the presentational devices of the form you will
use.
• Decide the formality and tone of your register.
• Make a plan for at least 4 sections of content.
 Spend 4 minutes writing each section of your answer.
 At the end of each section, check your spelling,
punctuation and grammar.
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