Sample Answers - An Inspector Calls (Grades 9

Examiner's Grade

Grade 4 The examiner gave this sample answer Grade 4.
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Comment

There is an understanding of the character expressed and some sound points are made. Paragraphs are used effectively, but vocabulary is limited and words or expressions repeated. The overall effect is too chatty in tone. The student needs to write in a more formal style and should also discuss the effects Priestley creates, referring to literary devices.

For Grade 6

Develop a formal critical style, drawing on a wider range of vocabulary and avoid informal language or slang.
Use literary devices and show how the playwright creates effects from the language he chooses.
Make sure quotations are embedded in sentences so that when a sentence is read it flows easily and the quotation feels part of it.