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Reading: Fiction and Literary Non-fiction
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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

In AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, which type of text is the source material for the reading section?

  1. A piece of literary fiction from the 20th or 21st century
  2. A newspaper article from any period
  3. A travel writing extract from the 19th century only
  4. A literary non-fiction text from the 19th or 21st century
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✓ Answer: A — A piece of literary fiction from the 20th or 21st century
AQA Paper 1 uses a literary fiction extract, typically from the 20th or 21st century. Literary non-fiction appears on Paper 2, not Paper 1. Students often confuse the text types across the two papers.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

On AQA Paper 1, how many marks is Question 1 (listing four things from a given section) worth?

  1. 8 marks
  2. 2 marks
  3. 4 marks
  4. 12 marks
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✓ Answer: C — 4 marks
Award 1 mark. Question 1 is a short retrieval task worth 4 marks, one for each correct point taken from the lines named in the question.
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How is Reading: Fiction and Literary Non-fiction typically tested on AQA GCSE English Language papers?
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