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lose marks if you include any plints in the extra words, as they will not be read. In a Core paper, candidatesare asked to write ,about'a certain number of rvords. You will need approximately ten lines to write 100 words. In this summary, you have found eight points: eight points in ten lines is comfortable. Ifyou had found ten points, you would need to combine ideas, or perhaps select son-relessimportant points to drop at this stage to ar.oid writing móre words than asked for. If, on the other hand, you had found only four points, you.lvould need to use generalisationsand joining points to reach the required number of r.vords.Do not include your own ideas or other irrelevant material in an attempt to n-rakemore words.
You will be given a maximum of 4 marks for finding relevant points (one mark for each point) and a maximum of 4 marks fbr the way you wnre your summary. llowever, if you lwite I00 words and do ¿¿¡ include any relevant points, you will not be given any marks for language!
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