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Component 01: Exploring language

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you answer the OCR Section C comparison, the extended comparison of two unseen texts in different modes or contexts?

Comparing and contrasting texts (H470/01 Section C): the extended comparison of two unseen texts in different modes, genres or contexts, assessing AO1, AO3 and AO4, worth 36 marks, structured by idea with the texts woven together.
How to answer the OCR A-Level English Language Section C question (H470/01): the extended comparison of two unseen texts in different modes, genres or contexts, assessing AO1, AO3 and AO4, worth 36 marks, structured by idea with both texts woven together rather than handled one after the other.
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How do contextual factors (audience, purpose, genre and mode) shape a text, and how do you use them to drive AO3 analysis?

Context, audience, purpose and mode: how contextual factors shape language, the spoken-written mode continuum, and using context to analyse the construction of meaning (AO3, the dominant analytical objective across H470).
How contextual factors shape language for OCR A-Level English Language (H470): audience, purpose, genre and the spoken-written mode continuum, and how to use context to drive AO3 analysis of the construction of meaning, the analytical objective that underpins every task.
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How do you answer the OCR Section A 'Language under the microscope' question, the directed close analysis of an unseen text in two parts?

Language under the microscope (H470/01 Section A): the close analysis of an unseen text in two directed parts (a and b), each targeting a specified language level, AO1 and AO3 assessed, 10 marks per part (20 total).
How to answer the OCR A-Level English Language Section A question, Language under the microscope (H470/01): the directed close analysis of an unseen text in two parts, each targeting a specified language level, assessed on AO1 and AO3, worth 10 marks per part.
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How does language represent people, groups, events and ideas, and how do you analyse representation as a construction?

Representation and meaning: how language constructs representations of people, groups, events and ideas through lexis, grammar and pragmatics, and analysing representation as a made, ideological choice (AO3 across H470).
How language constructs representations for OCR A-Level English Language (H470): how lexis, grammar and pragmatics represent people, groups, events and ideas, the concept of representation as a made and ideological choice, and analysing it as central to AO3 across the qualification.
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