1.3 Unfamiliar texts exam tips

- Talk about the effect that language features have on the text and how it makes you feel personally while you are reading the text.
- Add in your own personal voice, make it sound genuine and show you were engaged with the text and felt something about it.
- Make links to your own personal experiences or even wider world experiences.
- Have an appreciation for the text. People want to hear why you like it or what you feel about it, not if it's boring but the positive sides.
- Talk about the author's purpose of language features/choices. We want to understand the crafting of the text.

Summary of the differences between Achieved, Merit & Excellence

With the achieved mark one of the first things is show understanding of significant aspects of unfamiliar written texts, This means that you just have to basically explain what it is in a very simple way nothing too extreme. With a merit mark, you have to show a convincing understanding of significant aspects of unfamiliar written texts. With this, you need to write a convincing paragraph or statement about the significant aspects. With an excellence mark, you have to show a perceptive understanding of significant aspects of unfamiliar written texts, this means you have to show deep and meaningful insight on the texts and have a good understanding of it.