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GCSE English language tips
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- 1Question 1 tipsIntro=Summary, learn
Points succinctly
Link different parts/ideas
Underlying meanings, interpret statements - 2Key wordsFull understanding, detail engagement, perceptive
- 3Approach?Reading, summarise, para, 2 own words. Quotations support. Connect different aspects. Learn! No speculation
- 4Don't write a summary...in exactly the order of the article!
- 5Show engagement without adding extra info?Link different areas! Own words! Short comments like "this is a surprising thing for the reader to learn"! Phrases like "this suggests, this implies, in contrast, this is re-enforced/ contradicted later in the article"
- 6Structure?Most important aspect! 2nd= Opening "The article opens with..."! Middle=Other major points of article! End= End, quotation
- 7Only write aboutWhat you learn about the named topic! Nothing else! "I/we/the reader learn (s)..."
- 8Question 2 approach?Analyse pic + headline. Annotate points of interest. Links from text. Write, words + techniques of headline first.
- 9Write about?Words (create wonder, drama, shock), incongruous vocab (words seem odd together), techniques
- 10Write about?Link headline to text: Emphasizing info in headline, more detail introduced, answering intriguing question created, contrasting, contradict, showing making an issue, irony, hyperbole for humour, repetition, statistics, emotive, imagery
- 11Picture?Unusual aspects, colour, clothes, expression, type of shot (close up, wide shot), position, setting, diagrams
- 12TipLink all points to the text!
- 13Question 3...Explain, thoughts, feelings in order
- 14Introduce any major emotional changes clearly!eg. "When... his emotions change..."
"Half way through the extract... his feelings of delight intensify"
- 15Make sure...Points: beginning, middle + end
- 16"perceptive explanations and interpretations" of quotations without writing about language or content?Focus points on thoughts and feelings! "He thinks"! "He feels"!
- 17Keep the reader and "I"...out of your answer!
- 18Write in order!Write in order!
- 19Ban from answer:"He feels good/bad"
- 20Don't focus on language analysis!Focus on thoughts/feelings!
- 21Question 4 skills?Analyse language, compare
- 22Write about language!Not audience, purpose, content
- 23Don't make generalised comments about languageeg. "It's formal"
- 24No year 7 commentseg. "paints picture in reader's mind"
- 25Select strong examples, not use of pronounsExciting
- 26Develop + analyse pointsPEE! High level interpretations. Language. Not content. Compare language. Choose 3-4 points/ areas
- 27Not omission comparisionseg. "Source 1 doesn't have a metaphor but the other does."
- 28Both create...Both use... but...
- 29Highlight interesting language + write effects (eg. sympathy, wonder at setting, atmosphere of fear)3-4 major areas of comparison, based on effects by language eg. Both writers use imagery, emphasize danger. Both setting, but language is very different.
- 30Analyse words in great detail1 word, 3 points
- 31Language of comparison throughoutOn the other hand, similarly, both, but, however, unlike source 2, source 3, instead of
- 32Question 5 circles?1. Personal
2. Deep meaning - 33Question 6 circles?1. Me
2. Groups
3. Global
4. Ideas