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5.2.2 Question 1(a) analysis and evaluation of the text(s)

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Question 6

Under the first cake photograph

Original opinion extract, written for practice.

Under a photograph of a lopsided first cake, someone has written: did you even read the recipe? What a small throne to build from knowing where the flour goes. The baker did not claim to be supplying a royal banquet. She said she had tried something and was pleased it had risen. We could explain how a tin’s shape affects the result. We could ask which stage was difficult. Instead, strangers compete to discover who can sound least surprised by another person’s inexperience. I like skilled people best when their skill makes them useful. If every first attempt must arrive disguised as a finished success, we shall have a very polished internet and rather fewer people willing to begin.

Use your own words to evaluate the writer’s attitude to the treatment of beginners online. Give details from the extract to justify your answer.

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5.2.2 Question 1(a) analysis and evaluation of the text(s) Questions

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  2. /English Language
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40 exam-style questions on CIE IGCSE English Language 5.2.2 Question 1(a) analysis and evaluation of the text(s). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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