Punctuation Marks
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 5:39 pm
I'm confused about how punctuation is marked in the CSSE English papers and wondered (having searched the Essex forum without success) if anyone has a clear answer please?
From looking at past papers, it seems that the marks for the punctuation section have increased from 6-8 marks for earlier papers to 12 marks for more recent papers. I only have the CSSE answers for a few of the papers I possess.
It seems that for the earlier papers, only 1 mark is given for open AND closed speech marks (i.e. "....."), yet for more recent papers, 1 mark is given for both the opening speech marks AND the closing speech marks. Also, the earlier papers seem to only give 1 mark for two pieces of punctuation (e.g. a comma AND a full stop), yet for more recent papers, 1 mark is given for each.
Does anyone know the current marking system please, as punctuation are an easy(ish) way to pick up vital marks?
Thanks in advance.
From looking at past papers, it seems that the marks for the punctuation section have increased from 6-8 marks for earlier papers to 12 marks for more recent papers. I only have the CSSE answers for a few of the papers I possess.
It seems that for the earlier papers, only 1 mark is given for open AND closed speech marks (i.e. "....."), yet for more recent papers, 1 mark is given for both the opening speech marks AND the closing speech marks. Also, the earlier papers seem to only give 1 mark for two pieces of punctuation (e.g. a comma AND a full stop), yet for more recent papers, 1 mark is given for each.
Does anyone know the current marking system please, as punctuation are an easy(ish) way to pick up vital marks?
Thanks in advance.