Your critical essay is worth 20% of your overall grade at N5, and is part of your hr and a half long critical reading paper, alongside the textual analysis.
Try to dedicate more time to writing your essay than your textual analysis-if you have revised properly, the textual analysis should not take you more than 40 mins.
Critical Essay Tips
- Go to PROSE section of Qs-if you answer on the wrong genre, you won’t pass!
- Read the Q carefully and choose wisely based on what you have revised and practised in class before-if you don’t understand the Q, answer on a different one!
- Use the structures recommended for introduction (TASTE), main paragraphs (PCQEL) and conclusion (SERVE)-notes provided in Essay Writing 101 materials
I have included a variety of resources to help you study for this part of the exam, including:
- Essay Writing 101 materials
- N5 Prose Qs
- model essays
- essay planning sheets
Essay Writing
Essay Writing 101 UPDATED booklet
Essay Writing 101 Powerpoint
Prose Qs
Essay Plans
Aspect of Human Nature Essay Plan
Characterisation Essay Plan – Complete
Characterisation Essay Plan
Climax Essay Plan
Complete Key Incident Essay Plan-Death of Curley’s Wife
Conflict Essay Plan – Complete
Relationship Essay Plan Theme Essay Plan – Complete
Model Essays
American Dream Model Essay
Conflict Model Essay
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