Paper 1 Flashcards
Introduction
Featured of text type/topic
Title, date, text type, author, topic importance/purpose
SOu (using language of GQ)
Statement of Intent
How is the author’s purpose acheived through language/device. Give the how (devices) what (what they are conveying) and why (the purpose)
Evaluation
How does the language devices construct meaning and effect on audience?
How is author using lit device to express the purpose of the text type on audience?
A - authorial choice
P - purpose of using it (maybe use the word perhaps)
E - effect on audience (use the word audience/viewer)
E - effectiveness
Use evaluative language, things are done in a clear or powerful way, effectiveness of choices on reader
Template
Introduction, topic sentence, example, evaluation, repeat process 2-3 times , link to GC & authors purpose, conclusion
Conclusion
Restate SOI and author’s purpose, text’s main message and why it’s meaningful (so what)
Stylistic Elements (6)
- Lighting
- Written text (font, colour bolded, etc)
- Colour Symbolism
- Logos
- Actors/Models
- Images
Literary Devices (MOST COMMON) (7)
- Symbolism
- Metaphor
- Juxtaposition
- Rhetorical Devices (pathos, logos, ethos)
- Irony (dramatic, verbal, situational
- Hyperbole
- Imagery
Annotation (5)
- Narrative Style/POV
- Tone
- Target audience (allusions and vocabulary used to target them)
- Writer’s bias
- Anecdotal
Literary Devices (NOT AS COMMON) (9)
- Allusion
- Personification
- Alliteration
- Idiom
- Oxymoron
- Pathetic Fallacy
- Anaphora/Parallel Structure
- Simile
- Characterization
Evaluative language words (7)
Effective, powerful, subtle, enhance, notably, skillfully, deliberately
Text features
Mention how styllistic devices are features of text and that is why they are used
Implications phrases (4)
- This phrase implies that
- The author suggests that
- Although not explicity stated, the reader can infer that/the author hints that
- The implications are clear:
Magic Sentence
Author + verb + technique + purpose + idea
Dorfman uses stage directions to show Paulina’s sense of unease and fear
Analytical verbs (8)
introduces, uses, builds, develops, constructs, creates, describes, explores
Reader effect (3 aspects & 4 examples)
What the reader feels, thinks, and wants
Evokes, left with emotions of, feels, encourages
