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• Write in your own words (do not quote from the text) • Do not back your answer up with quotations – it is not necessary and will waste valuable time. QUESTION 1B: Based on the video: http://youtu.be/ZoRl2V0dv94 Question 1B is also based on source 1 and is worth 4 marks. In this question you are being asked to show you understand source 1 by explaining one specific part of it. You should spend around on question 1B QUESTION 2: Copyright MrBruff.com TOP TIPS FOR QUESTION 1B Based on the video: http://youtu.be/9JVjHcKpgLc • Make 2 or 3 separate points in your own words (don’t just copy phrases from the text) • Back up your points with a quotation from the text • Explain how your chosen quotation proves your point • Structure your answer in PEE paragraphs. Question 2 is based on source 2 and is worth 8 marks. It is a comprehension question, asking you to prove that you understand the source. Nationally it is a question which students often struggle with. You are being asked to show that you understand the source and can point out the main things you learn from it. You will need to back your answer up with short quotations from the text. It is testing your skills of inference – you need to show how you came to your conclusions about the text. You should spend around TOP TIPS FOR QUESTION 2 • Make at least four separate points, written in your own words Page 6 on question 2
• Back up each point with a quotation from the text • Explain how you chosen quotation proves your point • Structure your answer in PEE paragraphs • It is NOT a language analysis question – you do not need to Analyse DAFOREST or other language devices in this question. QUESTION 3 Based on the video: http://youtu.be/ESlipfmQq-M Question 3 is based on source 3. It will ask you to explain how the writer uses language techniques to engage the reader. The question will be divided into two sections, with each section focussing on a different element of the text. This question is worth a hefty 12 marks, so you should spend around 18 minutes answering it. A lot of students struggle with this question, particularly with the idea of analysing ‘language’ which seems like such a vague term. The AQA have stated in their examiners’ reports that many students struggle with this question because they do not have a tool-kit to analyse language. Well, I have got a toolkit for you, and it’s called DAFOREST. Here it is: TECHNIQUE DEFINITION EXAMPLE Direct address Referring to the reader directly using the pronouns ‘we’ or ‘you’. Alliteration A group of words beginning with the same letter or sound. Fact Something which can be proven to be true. Opinion A belief which cannot be proven to be true. Rhetorical question Any question in a piece of writing which does not require an answer. Emotive language Words which elicit a powerful emotional response. Copyright MrBruff.com Page 7 ‘You need to give up smoking’ ‘Smoking sucks’ ‘60% of teens have tried smoking’ ‘Everyone hates people who smoke’ ‘Do you want to die young?’ ‘Smoking is barbaric and torturous’ Statistics Numerical facts and data. ‘8/10 smokers want to quit’ (rule of) three Lists of three things in a sentence. ‘smoking is expensive, harmful and anti-social’.
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Page 3 and 4: CONTENTS GCSE ENGLISH / ENGLISH LAN
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Page 13 and 14: TOP TIPS FOR QUESTION 1 • Make a
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Page 21 and 22: LINGUISTIC DEVICES: USING DAFOREST
Page 23 and 24: PLANNING DAFOREST: For these long a
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Page 27 and 28: ARTICLE FORMAT Based on the video:
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Page 31 and 32: CONNECTIVES Based on the video: htt
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Page 37 and 38: PARAGRAPHS Based on the video: http
Page 39 and 40: ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING: SONNET
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Page 49 and 50: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: SONNET 116 Bas
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Page 53 and 54: Line by Line Analysis Now you under
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