English Language Paper 1

[8 marks, 10 minutes]

Question 2 - this question refers to the effect of language.

For detailed, perceptive analysis, you need to:

• analyse the effects of the writer's choice of language on the reader
• select relevant quotations
• make sophisticated and accurate use of subject terminology

Subject terminology such as:

• metaphor/simile/personification
• semantic field (relating words)
• pathetic fallacy
• alliteration/onomatopoeia
• sibiliance/assonance/consonance
• adjectives/verbs/adverbs
• colour

[8 marks, 10 minutes]

Question 3 - this question refers to the effect of structure.

For detailed, perceptive analysis, you need to:

• analyse the effects of the writer's choice of structural features on the reader
• select relevant examples
• make sophisticated and accurate use of subject terminology

Subject terminology includes:

• tone/foreshadowing
• 1st/2nd/3rd person
• character/setting/chronology
• motif
• dialogue/pace
• sentence length/repetition
• cyclical structure

[20 marks, 20 minutes]

Question 4 - refers to what extent you agree to a statement.

For detailed, perceptive evaluation, you need to:

• evaluate critically and in detail the effects on the reader
• show perceptive understanding of writer's methods (subject terminology)
• select relevant quotations
• develop a convincing and critical response to the focus of the statement

Subject terminology includes:

• metaphor/simile/personification
• pathetic fallacy
• assonance/consonance/plosive/sibilance
• colour
• tone/foreshadowing
• motif

[40 marks, 5 mins planning, 30 mins writing, 5 mins checking]

Question 5 - creative writing

Include:

• adjectives
• verbs/adverbs
• metaphors/similes
• personification
• alliteration/assonance/sibilance
• sounds/smells/textures
• pathetic fallacy
• colour
• , . '' ; : - ...
• long and short sentances
• ambitious vocabularly
• cyclical structure