Language revision

Tuesday 6 th June Paper 1: Fiction and Imaginative Writing1 hour 45 mins

Section A: ReadingQ1 – Finding a quote (5 mins)Q2 – Making an inference (5 mins)Q3 – Analysing language and structure (20 mins)Q4 – Evaluation (30mins)Section B: WritingImaginative writing (45 mins)

Monday 12 th June Paper 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing2 hours

Section A: ReadingQ1 – Finding a quote (2 mins)Q2 – Finding a quote and analysing language (4 mins)Q3 – Analysing language and structure to interest and engage (15 mins)Q4 – Finding a quote (2 mins)Q5 – Finding a quote and analysing language (4 mins)Q6 – Evaluation (20 mins)Q7a – Comparison – similarities (10 mins)Q7b – Comparison – similarities and differences (20 mins)Section B: WritingTransactional Writing (40 mins)

In the first exam, you have to complete two sections:

Section A: Reading. You will need to read a 19th century fiction text and answer four questions in which you will have to find quotations, make inferences, analyse the language and structure and evaluate the text.

Section B: Writing. You will need to choose one of two questions and construct an imaginative piece of writing.

Section A: Reading

Question One and Two

1. Underline the line reference.2. Box out the lines on the text.3. Re-read the question, identifying the focus.4. Highlight everything that is relevant to the question.5. Choose one phrase or sentence and copy this directly using quotation marks.

1. Step One: Underline the line reference

2. Step Two: Box out the lines on the text. Anything outside of these lines is not significant.

3. Step Three: Re-read question and identify the key focus.

4. Step Four: Highlight everything that is relevant to the question.

Question One

Question Two

5. Step Five: Choose one phrase or sentence and copy this directly using quotation marks.

Question Three – Analysing language and structure

Before you begin practising for this question, you must know the following techniques. If you know the following techniques, you will be able to analyse the text you have been given.

Language StructureNoun – a person, place or thingAbstract nouns - feelingsVerb – an action or a stateAdjective – a describing word (describes the noun)Adverb – a describing word (describes the verb)

Short sentenceMulti clause sentence – a sentence containing lots and lots of clauses to build up detailsDeclarative sentence – a statementExclamatory sentence – a sentence ending in an exclamation (use of exclamation mark)Interrogative sentence – a questionImperative – a command

Once you have revised the techniques, then you can begin by practising how to write a response.

1. Step One: Underline the line reference

‘First, it will turn white.’

‘The progress of his work was slower than expected.’

‘It stole away his senses.’

2. Step Two: Box out the line references in the text. Anything outside of these lines is not significant.

3. Step Three: Re-read question and identify the key focus.

4. Step Four: Highlight everything in the passage that tells you something about the question’s key focus – in this case, the narrator’s feelings about Bertha.

5. Step Five: Then go back over your highlights and label with the correct techniques that the writer has used identifying whether they are language techniques (L) or structural techniques (S).

6. Step Six: Choose 3-4 that you think are most effective in helping you to answer the question BUT ensure you have a balance between language techniques and structural techniques in your response.

Repetition (S) of ‘never’

Dash (S)

Repetition (S) of ‘false’

Adjective (S) ‘cruel’, worthless, detested

Repetition (S) of ‘She should’

Verb (L) ‘die’

Exclamatory sentence (S)

Noun (L) ‘power’, ‘hate’, ‘scorn’

Question (S) Yet what power had she?

7. Step Seven: Construct your 3-4 T(technique), E(example), E(Explanation), E(effect) paragraphs.

To highlight the different parts of my paragraph I have written the technique in bold, the example in italics and I have underlined the explanation and I have used both bold and underlining for the effect on the audience.

Repetition has been used to convey the narrator’s feelings towards Bertha in the line ‘and dwelt on a thousand charming scenes never to be renewed – never!’ This line tells us that he would reminisce about times gone by and believe that they wouldn’t ever happen again. The use of repetition suggests to the reader that he is so disturbed by those memories and dislikes Bertha so that scenes such as those would ‘never’ be visited again.

Adjectives have been used to convey the narrator’s feelings towards Bertha. This is evident through the use of ‘cruel’, ‘worthless’ and ‘detested’. These lines help to convey his negative feelings towards Bertha. The use of the adjective ‘cruel’ suggests to the reader that Bertha is mean and has treated him badly. The use of the adjective ‘worthless’ implies to the reader that she means nothing to him. Finally, the adjective ‘detested’ means that he hates her. The use of these adjectives combined connotes the negativity he feels towards her.

Dashes have been used to convey the narrator’s feelings towards Bertha. This is evident in the lines ‘I would not remain unrevenged – she should see Albert expire at her feet – she should die beneath my vengeance.’ These lines tells us that the narrator wants to see Bertha suffer. The use of the dashes convey to the reader that the narrator is pausing as he is thinking about how he would like to see Bertha suffer. The use of the verbs ‘expire’ and ‘die’ suggest that this suffering should be severe which connotes his intense feeling of hatred towards her.