Tuesday 17 May 2011

Last advice before tomorrow...

English Paper 2

Inform Explain Describe

Words from the Mark Scheme

From the describe section…

Highly effective and delightful vocabulary choices
(I’m not making this up. It really does say ‘delightful’ in the mark scheme)

Controlled
Crafted

Satire / Irony / Humour

Uses a range of complex details

A range of discursive markers

Inventive language devices
(this means original similes, metaphors, alliteration, pathetic fallacy, personification, listing, imagery, colour symbolism, adverbs, adjectival phrases, juxtaposition of ideas, characterisation)

Regarding Puncuation and grammar

Range of punctuation used. e.g. colons and semicolons used accurately.
A range of sentence lengths for effect.
May use repetition
A full range of sentence structures
(This means short punchy sentences and long, informative sentences with many clauses separated by commas and semi-colons)
Accurate spelling


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