Question 2

Question 2

1. Don't have to write about all the suggestions, probably don't use sentence forms

2. Write about the effect(s) the writer is trying to achieve

3. Avoid vague and generalised comments

4. Focus on why the writer includes certain things

5. Identify the key focus of the question

6. Include the writer's name

7. Use short quotes

8. Explain why the writer has used certain language techniques or methods and refer to them using the correct terminology

9. Good way to answer

   • 1. Respond to the question
   • 2. Embed a quote
   • 3. Refer to a method the writer has used
   • 4. Explain why the writer has made that language choice and what the impact is

10. Spend 10 minutes

11. SAMPLE RESPONSE! The writer uses a range of techniques to describe the photograph. She uses the simile ‘like a scratched match flaring’ to describe the man’s smile. The verb ‘flaring’ makes it seem sudden and has connotations of danger. She repeats the adjective ‘young’ three times in one sentence to describe the woman and emphasises this even more by saying twice that she is ‘too’ young. This makes it seem as though she shouldn’t have been there with this man because she wasn’t old enough. She also uses repetition later in the paragraph when she repeats the word ‘protect’ in the sentences: ‘As if to protect himself from her. As if to protect her’ These two sentences are structures in very similar ways but they have a different meaning and the short words ‘as if’ at the start of each sentence make the reader realise that she doesn’t know why the man was holding up his hand and it maybe shows that she wasn’t very sure about him. The writer also uses an effective metaphor near the end. S