The trick to writing an exam answer on your extended reading text is to use the question to show as much of your knowledge about the text as you can, while still answering the question.

Writing an exam answer

Like doing a controlled assessment, you need to plan your answer – but you don’t have as long to do it! Spend the first few minutes deciding on what points you need to use to answer the question. Make a bullet point list or a spider diagram. Aim for four to five main points. Make sure that…