AQA GCSE Language, Paper 1

What Language techniques have been used here?

'Mr Fisher remembered a time – surely, not so long ago – when books were golden'

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Symbolism

• Personification

Why might a writer use short sentences in text? Tick all that apply.

• To build pace

• To emphasise a point

• To build tension

• To finish reading more quickly

Which of the following should you write about in question 3 - the structure question? Tick all that apply.

• Dialogue

• Verbs

• Sentence length

• Flashbacks

Why might a writer include dialogue in text? Tick three.

• To use good language that will engage the reader.

• To vary the structure, making the text more interesting to read.

• To give context about the situation, setting or characters.

• To give the reader an insight into the characters' thoughts and feelings.

What is the tone presented here:

' The trunk of the tree was snarled with the tangled ivy that grew up through the broken bricks and chunks of cement, choking it.' Tick two.

• Rapturous

• Malevolent

• Tranquil

• Sinister

Define an 'atmospheric hook.'

• A very negative and possibly tragic ending.

• A complete change in direction from where the narrative was going.

• Use of descriptive language to build up a particular tone and atmosphere right at the beginning.

• A hint at what is going to happen in the rest of the text.

Foreshadowing is a structural technique that means...

• Taking the reader back to prior time .

• that not all characters are aware of what is happening.

• giving a hint as to what is going to happen later in the text.

• that two contrasting ideas sit alongside each other to highlight the differences between them.

An omniscient narrator is...

• all seeing and all knowing. They know the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters.

• often unreliable or untrustworthy. There may be inconsistencies in what they present.

• a narrator that shares their own perspective, possibly though internal monologue.

• a character in the text.