Practice exam questions using an extract from 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'
A practice exam question suitable for students sitting the AQA Paper 1: Explorations in creative reading and writing. Please note that the extract is abridged from the original text.
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Thanks for the mark scheme suggestions Mathew!
27/04/2018
Wonderfully useful - thank you so much. As a teacher now working as private tutor to GCSE students, such resources are invaluable to me as I navigate the new system.
04/12/2017
Great resource. We, as teachers, are very lucky to have use of these free resources on this excellent website.
26/06/2017
Could you please tell me any other extracts that are fiction and that would be great to analyse or answer GCSE English PAPER 1 new
02/06/2017
Thank you for this very helpful resource. It helped me explain and clarify areas of the novel that my students had trouble with. Especially the metaphors, similis etc
23/04/2017
I would like a proper mark scheme but I'm not going to complain that there isn't one because I think we are lucky enough to actually have practice papers to do by teachit.
11/03/2017
I used this resource to understand and anticipate suggestive areas of interest, as a reason, to fufil my needs, in the event any such occurrences arise where I would need to evaluate this area of G.C.S.E English Language as a H.L.T.A on UK or Abroad.
05/03/2017
SUGGESTED CONTENT MARK SCHEME.
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Q1: 4 details about the hound: 'enormous'; 'coal-black'; 'eyes glowed' ; 'fire burst from its mouth' .
Q2: simile 'like a great shimmering ice field' ; personification of the fog 'crawling' round the corners of the house; the metaphor of it as a 'white woolly plain' or just the adjective 'woolly' to convey an idea of its density or texture; the fog banked itself up 'like a wall' conveying ideas of its impenetrability. The adverb "slowly" to describe its movement, making it seem sinister and relentless in its advance. The metaphor of the fog being a "shadowy sea."
Q3: Focus is on the movement of the fog and its advance. The focus then shifts to dialogue. The staccato exclamation sentences in the dialogue build tension and advance the plot - "Look out! It's coming!" The focus then shifts and narrows to a description of the hound's terrifying appearance. The focus shifts to Sir Henry as the intended victim, building suspense and tension for the reader. The climax of the episode is the hound attacking Sir Henry by the throat. Suspense as we await the outcome. The men shoot the hound and it dies.
(FOR SKILLS DESCRIPTORS, DOWNLOAD AQA MARK SCHEME)
Q1: 4 details about the hound: 'enormous'; 'coal-black'; 'eyes glowed' ; 'fire burst from its mouth' .
Q2: simile 'like a great shimmering ice field' ; personification of the fog 'crawling' round the corners of the house; the metaphor of it as a 'white woolly plain' or just the adjective 'woolly' to convey an idea of its density or texture; the fog banked itself up 'like a wall' conveying ideas of its impenetrability. The adverb "slowly" to describe its movement, making it seem sinister and relentless in its advance. The metaphor of the fog being a "shadowy sea."
Q3: Focus is on the movement of the fog and its advance. The focus then shifts to dialogue. The staccato exclamation sentences in the dialogue build tension and advance the plot - "Look out! It's coming!" The focus then shifts and narrows to a description of the hound's terrifying appearance. The focus shifts to Sir Henry as the intended victim, building suspense and tension for the reader. The climax of the episode is the hound attacking Sir Henry by the throat. Suspense as we await the outcome. The men shoot the hound and it dies.
03/03/2017
