AQA GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
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What does a first person narrator suggest?
It's personal and emotional
What does second person suggest?
A second person narrator makes the reader feel what the character is feeling.
What does third person suggest?
They have a detached viewpoint.
In non-fiction texts Writers need structure to...
build an argument to a powerful conclusion, reinforce the persuasive elements of their
texts through repetition, set out an informative text in a clear and balanced way and
order their adivce in a logical and easy-to-follow way.
Fiction texts structure their work by....
using a linear or non-linear structure
What is a linear structure?
Texts arranged chronologically
What is a non-linear structure?
They include flashbacks, change in perspective and use time shifts.
Clauses
A group of words in a sentence that contains a subject and a verb (predicate). E.g. The
sky was grey and sombre. ('The sky') is the subject and ('was') a verb.
Clauses create....
tension, and their clear and direct.
What technique to biased writers use?
They use hyperboles and generalisations
Why do biased writers use a hyperbole?
They use it to accentuate their meaning to the reader so they're on their side.
What are generalisations?
They are sweeping statements that aren't true
What do you do in question 1 in paper 1
You pick out implicit and explicit information from the text it tells you to pick it from about
that thing.
What do you do in paper 1 question 2
You are explaining how the writer uses language to 'reveal' it's purposes to the reader.
What do you do in paper 1 question 3?
You explain the method the writer has used to create structure.
What do you do in paper 1 question 4?
You say if you agree with the students response then say why you do by picking the
quote and saying the methods and how they have used it.
What do you do in paper 2 question 1?
You tick the amount of boxes it tells you to tick, which are true from the lines you were
told to read from.
What do you do in paper 2 question 2
, You have to pick out implicit and explicit quotes then compare the quotes from source A
and B by summarising from both texts
What do you do in paper 2 question 3
You need to write how the writer uses language to achieve effects and influence the
reader.
What do you do in paper 2 Question 4?
You need to compare the writers perspectives and attitudes by identifying it.
How much time do you need for question 1 in paper 1?
5 mins
How much time do you need for question 2 and 3 in paper 1 ?
10 mins
How much time do you need for question 4 in paper 1 ?
20 mins
How much marks do you get for question 1 paper 1?
4 marks
How much marks do you get for question 2 and 3 in paper 1?
8 marks
How much marks do you get for question 4 in paper 1?
20 marks
How much time do you need for question 5 paper 1?
45 minutes
How much marks do you get for question 5 in paper 1?
40 marks
How much marks do you get for question 5 in paper 2?
40 marks
How much time do you need for question 5 in paper 2?
45 mins
How many purposes are there?
4
What are the purposes?
Inform, argue, persuade and advise
It's with an apostrophe is..
anything that doesn't belong.
Its with no apostrophe is....
belonging to someone
To argue or persuade
To give the writer's opinion and to get the reader to agree with them.
To inform
To tell the reader sbout something.
They help the reader to increase their understanding.
To entertain
They are enjoyable to read.
To advise
The help the reader to do something. They give instructions on what to do.
possessive determiners/pronouns
my, your, his, her, its, our, their
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What does a first person narrator suggest?
It's personal and emotional
What does second person suggest?
A second person narrator makes the reader feel what the character is feeling.
What does third person suggest?
They have a detached viewpoint.
In non-fiction texts Writers need structure to...
build an argument to a powerful conclusion, reinforce the persuasive elements of their
texts through repetition, set out an informative text in a clear and balanced way and
order their adivce in a logical and easy-to-follow way.
Fiction texts structure their work by....
using a linear or non-linear structure
What is a linear structure?
Texts arranged chronologically
What is a non-linear structure?
They include flashbacks, change in perspective and use time shifts.
Clauses
A group of words in a sentence that contains a subject and a verb (predicate). E.g. The
sky was grey and sombre. ('The sky') is the subject and ('was') a verb.
Clauses create....
tension, and their clear and direct.
What technique to biased writers use?
They use hyperboles and generalisations
Why do biased writers use a hyperbole?
They use it to accentuate their meaning to the reader so they're on their side.
What are generalisations?
They are sweeping statements that aren't true
What do you do in question 1 in paper 1
You pick out implicit and explicit information from the text it tells you to pick it from about
that thing.
What do you do in paper 1 question 2
You are explaining how the writer uses language to 'reveal' it's purposes to the reader.
What do you do in paper 1 question 3?
You explain the method the writer has used to create structure.
What do you do in paper 1 question 4?
You say if you agree with the students response then say why you do by picking the
quote and saying the methods and how they have used it.
What do you do in paper 2 question 1?
You tick the amount of boxes it tells you to tick, which are true from the lines you were
told to read from.
What do you do in paper 2 question 2
, You have to pick out implicit and explicit quotes then compare the quotes from source A
and B by summarising from both texts
What do you do in paper 2 question 3
You need to write how the writer uses language to achieve effects and influence the
reader.
What do you do in paper 2 Question 4?
You need to compare the writers perspectives and attitudes by identifying it.
How much time do you need for question 1 in paper 1?
5 mins
How much time do you need for question 2 and 3 in paper 1 ?
10 mins
How much time do you need for question 4 in paper 1 ?
20 mins
How much marks do you get for question 1 paper 1?
4 marks
How much marks do you get for question 2 and 3 in paper 1?
8 marks
How much marks do you get for question 4 in paper 1?
20 marks
How much time do you need for question 5 paper 1?
45 minutes
How much marks do you get for question 5 in paper 1?
40 marks
How much marks do you get for question 5 in paper 2?
40 marks
How much time do you need for question 5 in paper 2?
45 mins
How many purposes are there?
4
What are the purposes?
Inform, argue, persuade and advise
It's with an apostrophe is..
anything that doesn't belong.
Its with no apostrophe is....
belonging to someone
To argue or persuade
To give the writer's opinion and to get the reader to agree with them.
To inform
To tell the reader sbout something.
They help the reader to increase their understanding.
To entertain
They are enjoyable to read.
To advise
The help the reader to do something. They give instructions on what to do.
possessive determiners/pronouns
my, your, his, her, its, our, their
