Devices to use in English exam

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Semi Colons

  • Parenthesis commas: Use of parenthesis commas e.g. John, hardly the strongest boy, kept calling the girl standing next to Annabel ; he did not know...
  • REMEMBER: USE AT LEAST THREE SEMI COLONS IN THE EXAM
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Useful Techniques

  • Repetition 
  • Alliteration
  • Similes
  • Metaphors
  • Personification
  • Oxymoron (two words contradicting each other)
  • Rhetorical questions
  • Starting a sentence with but or and
  • Long sentences with colons and semicolons 
  • Long sentences with dashes
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Structure

  • Development of material between paragraphs is important that means do not repeat yourself- develop ideas and link well
  • The start is important- try to create an impact here- and at the end
  • Each paragraph should be saying something different from the one before- there should be distinctly different ideas in each paragraph
  • Points of three- We have nothing to offer but blood, sweat and tears.
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