A 32-page, print-and-go booklet that teaches GCSE students to spot language techniques, explain their effect and use them in their own writing.

Students can name a simile. Fewer can explain what it does. This booklet moves them from naming techniques to analysing them, with a four-step “effect ladder”, examiner commentary and plenty of practice. It covers every language technique students need for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2, in both reading and writing.

What’s inside

Word classes: nouns, verbs, modal verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions and determiners
Sentence types and structure: simple, compound, complex and minor sentences, sentence openings, and punctuation for effect
Imagery and sound: simile, metaphor, extended metaphor, personification, pathetic fallacy, sensory language, onomatopoeia, alliteration and sibilance
Persuasive techniques: direct address, rhetorical questions, rule of three, anaphora, emotive language, hyperbole, statistics, expert opinion, anecdote, counter-argument, imperatives, irony, tone and register
Bigger patterns: semantic field, juxtaposition, oxymoron and shifts in tone
Explaining effects: the effect ladder, phrases that earn no marks, and model answers at grade 4, 6 and 8
Writing: how to craft techniques instead of decorating with them, plus description and viewpoint writing tasks
Quiz with answers, self-assessment checklist, technique finder and glossary

Perfect for

• Year 10, Year 11 and post-16 GCSE resit students
• Paper 1 Question 2 and Paper 2 Question 3 language analysis
• Paper 1 and Paper 2 Question 5 creative and viewpoint writing
• Intervention, homework, revision and cover lessons

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