English Language Paper 1

Question 1

How do you approach question 1?

Answer 1

Spend 5 mins on it
Q: List 4 things you learn about…
-just state what’s been said
-start with a capital letter and end with a full stop

Question 2

How should you approach question 2?

-only part of the text

Answer 2

Spend about 10 mins on it
Q:How does the writer use language(part of the text)?
-think about: sentence length, themes, personification, rhetorical questions, senses, repetition, simile, metaphor, pathetic fallacy, oxymoron, alliteration, appeal to the senses, listing, 1st 2nd 3rd person

Question 3

What language features should you look for?

Answer 3

sentence length, themes, personification, rhetorical questions, senses, repetition, simile, metaphor, pathetic fallacy, oxymoron, alliteration, appeal to the senses, listing, 1st 2nd 3rd person

Question 4

What’s an oxymoron?

Answer 4

A contradictory phrase

E.g. Deafening silence

Question 5

How should you approach question 3?

-the whole source

Answer 5

Spend about 10mins on it
Q:How has the writer structured the text(as a whole)?
-think about: if it changes place or focus and when, paragraph length and the phase of writing, general theme of the text and what it makes the reader feel, how it starts and moves and the end, physical features or emotional features

Question 6

How should you approach question 4?

-only part of the text

Answer 6

Spend about 25 mins on this section
Q: "Quote"-To what extent do you agree?
-agree completely or mostly, relate back to the quote in your answer, talk about language features and themes
-focus on language
-agree to statement

Question 7

What structural features should you look for?

Answer 7

Special lexis, chronological or circular structure, sentence structure, paragraph structuring, themes and changes in themes, beginning middle end, dialogue, repeating, flashbacks

Question 8

How should you approach question 5?

Answer 8

Spend about 45mins on it

• plan before writing
• read it through at the end

USE A RANGE OF PUNCTUATION

Question 9

What does PEAWAC stand for?

Answer 9

Point
Evidence
Analysis (Double Analysis)
Writers intentions
Audience
Context

Question 10

What are the four common purposes of writing?

Answer 10

To argue or persuade
To advise
To inform
To entertain

Texts can have more than one purpose though

Question 11

What is the aim of literary fiction?

Answer 11

Literary fiction entertains the reader

Question 12

What are nouns?

Answer 12

Nouns are naming words (person, place, thing or idea)

Question 13

What are pronouns?

Answer 13

A pronoun is a word which replaces a noun

Question 14

What are possessive pronouns?

Answer 14

Pronouns which show ownership

Question 15

What are verbs?

Answer 15

Doing words

Question 16

What are adjectives?

Answer 16

Words which describe a noun or pronoun

Question 17

What are adverbs?

Answer 17

Words which give extra information about verbs

Question 18

What word do you think about for language techniques?

Answer 18

SLOAPMARPS

Question 19

What does SLOAPMARPS stand for?

Answer 19

S - simile
L - list
O - onomatopoeia
A - alliteration
P - personification
M - metaphor
A - adjective/adverb
R - repetition
P - pathetic fallacy
S - senses

Question 20

How should you answer a structure question?

Answer 20

• Talk about the opening
• Talk about the next stage
• Talk about the next stage further on
• Talk about the ending

Question 21

How can you develop a language analysis point?

Answer 21

TALK ABOUT

• the effect on the reader
• writers intentions
• linking the point to another part of the text
• giving your opinion

Question 22

What can indicate a texts target audience?

Answer 22

• The text’s content (if it’s a text about cars, it’s meant for people who are interested in cars)
• Vocabulary used (can indicate the age group it is aimed at)
• Language used (technical vocabulary about a certain topic shows, it’s meant for people who know stuff about the topic)

Question 23

What details can you describe in a description?

Answer 23

• a characters physical features
• a characters personality
• any particular features that reveal more about them
• your personal opinion on them

Question 24

What are ways you could structurally frame question 5?

Answer 24

day/night
past/present
lost/found (forgotten/found)
lost/lost

Question 25

If you write a story for question 5, what must you do?

Answer 25

Only have ONE event

Question 26

What are key things to remember for question 5?

Answer 26

• RANGE OF VOCAB AND PUNCTUATION
• mix colours
• describe a characters emotions (SHOW DON’T TELL actions which fit the emotions)
• start with a short sentence
• be precise with description and details
• vary sentences
• animated and personify the landscape
• DWELL ON THE DETAIL