Paper 1: Writer's Techniques

Build confidence with analysing imagery, contrast and rhetorical questions. Strengthen rhetorical questions through the City Park reading task, then apply your learning in writing: Analyse one technique in a short paragraph about an advertisement.

Analysing imagery, contrast and rhetorical questions

Vocabulary

Grammar

Reading

Writing

Listening

Consolidation

Word Cards

rhetorical questionTap to flip

a question asked for effect rather than an answer

Use “rhetorical question” accurately when explaining your ideas.

imageryTap to flip

language that creates a picture in the reader’s mind

Use “imagery” accurately when explaining your ideas.

contrastTap to flip

a deliberate difference between ideas or images

Use “contrast” accurately when explaining your ideas.

persuadeTap to flip

to convince someone to think or act differently

Use “persuade” accurately when explaining your ideas.

justifyTap to flip

to give reasons that support a choice

In a Digital citizenship task, use justify when you distinguish fact, opinion and recommendation.

nuanceTap to flip

a small but important difference in meaning

In a Digital citizenship task, use nuance when you distinguish fact, opinion and recommendation.

coherentTap to flip

logical and easy to follow

In a Digital citizenship task, use coherent when you distinguish fact, opinion and recommendation.

implicationTap to flip

an idea suggested rather than directly stated

In a Digital citizenship task, use implication when you distinguish fact, opinion and recommendation.

Matching Game

Click a word, then click its matching definition.