Question 3

• How long

  15-17 mins
• do

  • remember it may include tone of voice, opinions presented as facts, bias phrases, stats and facts
  • Answer question - pick out 3-5 key words that answer
  • Use key words to find examples
  • look for language techniques inside quotes
  • Look for both low and high level techniques
• Don’t

  • look for language techniques first
  • Mention context
  • Explain briefly
  • Pick out a technique and not fully explain
• Structure

  • point
  • Technique + evidence
  • Analysis (embed another quote)
  • Technique 2 + evidence 2
  • Analysis
  • zoom in on 1 word + technique + analysis
  • Alternative analysis
  • Repeat
• Sentence starters 


  • the writer develops an image of/ conveys / depicts / portrays
  • language technique
  • Symbolising / establishing / is emblematic of/ conveys / showcases / compounds
  • language technqiue
  • Symbolising / establishing / is emblematic of/ conveys / showcases / compounds
  • the diction / the lexis / the verb
  • alternatively / on the contrary