Sentence Starters…

To present an idea: This conveys… This illustrates… This indicates… To explain meaning: This demonstrates… This portrays… This presents… This signifies… To explain impact: This amplifies… This highlights… This emphasises… This projects… To suggest a text has a possible deeper meaning: This symbolises… This evokes… This implies… To say that a text is hinting at …

Sensational Sentences

Starts with an ‘ing word Swirling around like stardust, the snowfall left me breathless. Starts with an adverb Gently drifting down, the snow made the world seem like it had slowed. The two simile sentence It fell like a graceful dancer, like a slow-motion, acrobatic dream. Five words exactly It was purely, simply: astonishing. Uses …

Word Classes and Techniques

Basic Word Classes: Noun Things Pen, Brighton, hope, him, etc… eg: I have still got hope. Verb Doing words Run, jump, write, think, etc… eg: What a great shot! Adjective Words which describe a noun Beautiful, happy, elegant, etc… eg: What a beautiful hat Adverb Words which describe a verb, or an adjective Verbs: Quickly, …

How to… Paper 2

Question 1: Comprehension: 4 mins Is easy(ish). Don’t blow these marks though. Read the question carefully, read the text carefully and get the points. Question 3: Language: 12 mins Find three to five quotes that are relevant to the question. Annotate those quotes with whatever techniques or word classes are used. Finding proper techniques (similes, …