Last Minute Revision Tips

LAST MINUTE REVISION TIPS

Paper 1

Section A : Read two texts and answer questions.
• Don’t waste loads of time on the first question, it’s usually asking you to find information so just do that, don’t spend ten minutes explaining stuff unless you’re asked to.

• Always look at how many marks is on offer and WRITE ENOUGH TO EARN THAT MANY!

• You should usually use quotes from the two texts. It can’t hurt. But sometimes a question will say ‘in your own words’ so be careful of that.

• There will be a question on fact and opinion – remember facts often involve numbers and figures, because they are believable.

• There will always be a question on presentational devices – that’s pictures, style and size of font, colours, bold headlines, subheadings, text boxes – does it look stylish and adult, cute and girly, fun and childish, simple, complicated, formal or informal etc?

• If the question is about presentation DO NOT start talking about word choices/language.

• If the question is about language, look at what kinds of words are chosen, is it formal, chatty, friendly, factual etc. Don’t mention pictures and font if the question is about language.

Section B : Choose PERSUADE question and use GRIPPERS!
[Group of three,
Repetition,
Identify with celebrity,
Punctuation range,
Presentational devices,
Exaggeration(hyperbole)
Rhetorical questions,
Shocking (emotive)language.]

Paper 2
Section A : Poetry (Stay in the cluster you've been taught)

1. Underline 3 key words in question
2. Compare = differences and similarities
3. ‘the ways’ or ‘the methods’ = SUSTIT / FLIRTS
4. In opening paragraph, use one sentence to show that you
understand what the question refers to and a second sentence
to say which other poem you have chosen and why.

Section B : Choose DESCRIBE question and use MASSGIVER!
[Metaphor,
Alliteration,
Simile,
Sentence lengths,
Group of three,
Imagery,
Variety of sentence starts,
Exaggeration,
Range of punctuation.]
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