GCSE English Language
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- Created on: 31-12-12 16:07
Question 1
Points to remember for question 1
- Don't just repeat the text interpret it
- Support your points with quotes
- Think about what is being implied or suggested
- Comment on the writers attitude
Question 2
For this question you should use both presentational and organisational devices to explain the effect on the reader definitions and examples of these are on the next two cards
Presentational devices
Presentational devices are any techniques that are used to make the reader feel or act in a particular way, these include
- Colour
- Headings/sub-headings
- Images
- Fonts
- Size of the devices
Organisational devices
Organisational devices include
- Headings/Sub-headings
- Discourse markers for example secondly, futhermore, in addition, in contrast
- Bullet points or numbered points
- The order of ideas
- Repetition at the very end of an idea introduced in the opening
- Organising a text into different sections for example in text boxes
- Size of paragraphs
- Layout of text/spacing of text
Question 3
The focus of this question is on the effect that language has on our understanding of a text.
This question is not asking you to explain your own thoughts and feelings or to just list the language techniques but to explain the intentions of the writer.
You can do this by using SO PERFECT MARS which will be explained on the next card
SO PERFECT MARS
Speaks directly to the reader Metaphor
Opinion Alliteration
Repetition
Personal anecdote - mini story Simile
Emotive language
Rhetorical question
Facts
Exaggeration
Comparision
Three - power of
Question 4
For this question it is helpful to:
- Find similarities
- Find diffrences
- Find similarities with diffrences
- Find diffrences with similarities
Some examiners tips
" Always find you material in the two texts first. Then find some clear similarities and some clear diffrences."
" These words and phrases are sometimes useful when you are comparing ; both texts, on the other hand, each text and however."
Question 4 continued
Some things to look for to help your analysis
- Things they say and how they say them
- Actions and words that add to the tone such as danger, peril, desperation and tension
- Puntuation and sentance effect
- adjectives and adverbs
Before you start analysing it is useful to find the GAP of the two texts
Genre
Audience
Purpose
Section B
In this section there are a total of 14 marks for
- Accurate spelling
- Punctuation
- Grammer
- Range of sentence structures
In this section it is good to remember TAP
Text type
Audience
Purpose
Question 5
For informing questions you need to give factual information
For explaining questions you need to give reasons
For describing questions you need to paint a vivid picture
For this question remember your five senses these will help you do this question well
- Taste
- Touch
- Smell
- Hear
- Sight
Question 6
For the finial question it helps to remember TRAPPERS
Threes
Repetition
Alliteration
Paragraphs - introduction and conclusions
Punctuation - use it and vary it
Examples/evidence
Rhetorical questions
Sentence structure
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