Finding the Answer, and Quoting It
Recognise language used to evaluate texts including visual and multimodal texts, and how evaluations of a text can be substantiated by reference to the text and other sources.
Some questions want you to think. These ones do not. The answer is already printed on the page, and your job is to find it and copy it properly.
Method
The command words
Name, State, List, How many, Quote. All five mean the same thing: go and look.
One word means one word
If the question says quote ONE word, write one word. A whole sentence is marked wrong.
Copy, do not reword
A quote must match the text exactly. Change one word and it stops being a quote.
Worked example
e.g. Refer to paragraph 2. Quote ONE word that shows Sam is nervous. (1)
- Read the command word.It says Quote. So nothing has to be worked out.
- Check how much you may write.It says ONE word.
- Go to the paragraph the question names.Paragraph 2 only. Do not read the rest.
- Find the word and copy it exactly.Copy it letter by letter.
- Put quote marks around it.“trembling”
- Stop there. Do not explain.There is no mark for explaining.
Practice
Decide what each question is really asking before you answer.
1
“State TWO things Sam packs in his bag. (2)” — how many things do you write?
AnswerTwo. The marks tell you. Write them on separate lines so the marker can see both.
2
“Quote a phrase that shows it is cold. (1)” A learner writes: It was cold because there was frost. Why is that wrong?
AnswerIt is not a quote. The question wanted the writer's own words, copied exactly, inside quote marks — such as “frost on the inside of the window”.
3
“Name the town. (1)” A learner writes five lines about the town. What mark do they get?
AnswerOne. The same as a one-word answer. They have used up time they needed for the harder questions.
4
How do you know how many things to write, before you even read the text?
AnswerLook at the marks in brackets. Two marks means two things. Three marks means three.