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The 19th-century novel (Paper 2, Section A)

Quick questions on The 19th-century novel Part (a) extract question: close analysis of the printed passage - Edexcel GCSE English Literature

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What are only the opening lines?
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Quoting three times from the first sentence ignores most of the passage; spread your evidence across all of it.
What is q1?
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Why do you not need memorised quotations for Part (a)? [2 marks]
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What lifts a Part (a) answer from feature-spotting to top band? [2 marks]

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