Using Linguistic elements and Literary features

Worked examples (6)

• 1Use all five senses — move beyond the visual
• 2Choose between simile and metaphor — and make the comparison earn its place
• 3Build an extended (controlling) metaphor across a whole piece
• 4Use personification and pathetic fallacy with purpose
• 5Replace adjective-stacking with one precise image
• 6Add depth with symbolism, motif and synaesthesia

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section A, short writing task
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section A, reflective commentary
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section B, extended writing
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section B, extended writing
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section B, extended writing
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section A, reflective commentary

Worked examples (6)

• 1The tricolon and the rule of three — deploying it for completeness
• 2Anaphora and epistrophe — repetition at the edges of clauses
• 3Antithesis and parallelism — sharpening a point through balance
• 4Rhetorical question and hypophora — questions that lead the reader
• 5Anecdote and analogy as argument — making the abstract concrete
• 6The danger of the 'device checklist' — restraint as a skill

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section A, short writing
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 1 Section A, directed response style
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section B, extended writing
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section B, extended writing
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section B, extended writing
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section A, reflective commentary

Worked examples (6)

• 1Evaluative vs descriptive lexis — the word that judges
• 2Connotation and semantic prosody — the verdict inside the word
• 3Gradability and intensity — calibrating the degree of praise or censure
• 4Precision over 'good/bad' — the specific evaluative word
• 5Hedging vs assertion — and figurative evaluative lexis
• 6The balanced, evidenced evaluative claim — and subject-appropriate lexis

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section A, short writing style
• ✓Model answer 2
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section B, extended writing
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section B, extended writing
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section B, extended writing
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 2 Section A, reflective commentary