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Correct a weak response to this AQA English Language objective: Distinguish between factual information and a writer's opinion or viewpoint.
Try the question, check the answer, then read the explanation to understand the curriculum point.
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Section A Reading non-fiction and literary non-fiction
Question
Correct a weak response to this AQA English Language objective: Distinguish between factual information and a writer's opinion or viewpoint.
Answer
Distinguish between factual information and response: A weak response usually summarises, guesses, or names a method without effect. Improve it by choosing evidence, explaining the effect, and linking the point to audience, purpose or writer purpose method. For Understanding non-fiction sources, keep one clear focus, select brief evidence or a planned example, explain the method or writing choice, and link the point to effect, audience, purpose, form or tone where relevant.
Explanation
This is effective because it makes the mistake correction, evidence, explanation and assessment objective visible. Replace summary with a precise point, brief evidence, method, effect and writer purpose so the correction is exam-ready. Understanding non-fiction sources should plan audience, purpose, form, tone, viewpoint, content and structure before drafting.
Common mistake
viewpoint: summary instead of analysis
Students sometimes summarise Understanding non-fiction sources instead of explaining how the objective works in the answer.
Correct this by selecting a brief detail, explaining its effect, and linking the point back to "Distinguish between factual information and a writer's opinion or viewpoint."
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