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Question 11 mark
A student is analysing a 1950s magazine advertisement for a kitchen appliance that shows a smiling wife greeting her husband at the door. Which context claim would help the analysis most?
Question 21 mark
Brightwell Revive could help you feel more energised in just seven days.
What does the modal verb in this claim reveal on a careful reading?
Question 31 mark
The club is reportedly planning to sell its ground, according to sources close to the board.
What is the effect of the attribution in this sentence?
Question 41 mark
A charity web page shows a photograph of a smiling woman in a field, with the caption 'Meet Amara. Her harvest paid her daughter's school fees this year.' What does the caption do to the photograph?
Question 51 mark
'We will rebuild the library. We will rebuild the pool. We will rebuild the trust this town has lost.'
In the line from the mayor's speech, why does the third item matter most?
Question 61 mark
An SL student has 1 hour 15 minutes. Which plan gives a sensible balance?
Question 71 mark
What is expected in the way of reference to the works in Paper 2?
Question 81 mark
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." (Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice)
Which reading of this opening sentence is best supported by the novel that follows?
Question 91 mark
Can a complete advertisement be the non-literary extract?
Question 101 mark
A leaflet from 1975 urges readers to "switch off the immersion heater and save the nation's fuel". A reader in 2026 finds it quaint. Which concept from the course best names what this reaction shows?
Question 111 mark
A week of bus fares to college: £23. A week of charging a Zippet S2: £1.10. Do the maths.
Which statement best analyses how this part of an advertisement for an electric scooter persuades?
Question 121 mark
We wish luck to the inspector who must stop a grandmother with a shopping trolley to ask for her day pass.
What does this sentence from the editorial use to criticise the plan?
Question 131 mark
An infographic's bar chart compares 44 per cent and 48 per cent, but its vertical scale starts at 40, so the second bar looks twice as tall as the first. Which sentence evaluates this choice?
Question 141 mark
'This year we have all had to make sacrifices. We are closing the Dovecote Lane site because we believe in this company's future.'
In this extract, a company's chief executive speaks to staff. What does the pronoun 'we' do?
Question 151 mark
The guiding question for a travel blog reads: 'How does the writer use humour to present the city?' Which opening line of argument answers it?