English Language Revision Guide

Timings and Marks mins / 08 marks mins / 08 marks mins / 08 marks mins / 16 marks mins / 16 marks mins / 24 marks Section A: Reading Section B: Writing

Question 1: What do you learn from the article? 15 mins / 8 Marks Summary and inference of source points needed Make sure the examiner knows you have understood the whole article Use quotes to show you have understood No WALAAL/Language analysis No introductions/conclusions – there is no time for this Look for both sides of the article Look for a change in the article

Question 2: How do the headline and picture add to the meaning of the article? 15 mins / 8 marks Analyse the effectiveness of the headline and picture in source 2 3 – 4 points Link each point to quotes in the article Also analyse the subtitle if there is one Identify any language techniques used in the article (alliteration, similes etc.) You can WALAAL You can comment on the reader

Question 3: What thoughts and feeling are conveyed in the article? 15 mins / 8 marks Comment on the different emotions conveyed in source points inference Look for a change in emotion Don’t stick to one character no WALAAL Use quotes from the article Don’t comment on the reader

Question 4: Compare the different ways language is used for effect in Source 3 and Source 1 or minutes / 16 marks Make direct comparisons between source 3 and source 1/2 4-5 comparisons and contrasts Similarities and differences Use quotes from each article Use WALAAL Define the purpose and effect of the language on the reader Define key terms/language techniques if you can

Question 4: Compare the different ways language is used for effect in Source 3 and Source 1 or 2. Focus on the following as your main points to make: Powerful/evocative words with rich connotations Evocative/powerful imagery Figurative language - similes and metaphors Visual/sensual imagery Sound/aural imagery Do less of this: Presentation of speech/quotes Presentation of numbers/statistics Use of contrasts Use of colloquialism/informality for effect (no more than 1 point on this

Question 4: Compare the different ways language is used for effect in Source 3 and Source 1 or 2. The writer of text … uses language powerfully (etc.) to convey... The use of the (word/simile/phrase/metaphor) creates connotations of/implies/suggests/creates a sense of/makes the reader think/feel... This is developed with the use of the word (etc.) which suggests (etc.) and implies (etc.)... The word also suggests (etc.)

Question 4: Compare the different ways language is used for effect in Source 3 and Source 1 or 2. The write of text … also uses language powerfully (etc.) but to convey (etc.).... For example the use of the word (etc.) implies (etc.).... This is developed with... Which also suggests (etc.)....

Question 5: Writing to inform/explain 25 minutes / 16 marks Present tense First or third person Connectives Mostly facts Specific examples Detail Technical language Be creative Do not describe Use a wide range of sentences Write to fit the brief (article, letter etc.)

Question 5: Writing to describe/explain 25 minutes / 16 marks Start small, bring the camera back Use a wide range of vocabulary Write to fit the brief Use language techniques Be creative Wide range of sentences Present tense Ideally 1st person Advanced punctuation

Question 6: Writing to persuade/argue/advise 40 minutes / 24 marks Pursuade/argue/advise Formal and informal language AFOREST Use language techniques Use advanced punctuation Have both sides of an argument and make it balanced Lots of rhetoric Make it dramatic Have a powerful ending Make it second person, present tense Use emotive language Engaging opening Awareness of audience

Rhetorical devices Enargia – Painting a picture Interrogatio – Use of rhetorical questions Epiplexis – Lots and lots of consecutive questions Tricolon – Three part sentences, lists of three Digressio – Use of an anecdote Concessio – Counter argument Anaphora - Repeating the opening of sentences Hypophora – Ask a question, then answer it Comprobatio – Flattering the audience Exaphora – Repeating the ending of sentences … – Saying what you won’t say, then saying it

The Three Appeals Ethos – Creating a sense of authority Logos – Appealing to reason and logic Pathos – Appealing to emotion