AICE English Language Paper 1 Review

How much time in total do you have to complete Paper 1?

• 68 minutes

• 3 hours

• 2 hrs and 15 min

• 3 hrs and 15 min

What happens if you do not do question #1?

• You will be given a cookie

• You will score well anyway

• Your test will not be graded

• Your answers are ok

When navigating the passage you are given you should...

• Make sure the writer is funny

• Make sure to identify literary techniques

• Make sure the author uses a lot of periods

• Make sure to identify any typos

Which writing technique is NOT something we should be looking for?

• Structure

• Chiasmus

• Imagery

• Genre

About how many words do you need to write for Part A?

• 400

• 700

• 200

• 1000

About how many words do you need to write for Part B?

• 150

• 300

• 350

• 250

When commenting in your writing, make sure to...

• Have fun

• Be as brief as possible

• Point, quote, and comment

• Make jokes

When you have identified a literary technique in the extract, you should...

• Write about the effect and author's intention

• Write about the time you used it in your writing

• Write about the way it makes you feel

• Write about how dumb it is

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What tense should your responses be in?

• Past

• Present

• Future

• Weeks ago

What part of the extract should you be commenting on?

• The first paragraph

• The beginning, middle and end

• The front and back

• The ending