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• Pathetic fallacy


  When the weather or the atmosphere describes the mood
• Personification


  When a non-human is given human qualities
• Simile


  Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'
• Metaphor


  Comparing two things using 'is' or 'are'
• Extended metaphor


  Taking a metaphor and explaining it in detail
• Oxymoron


  Two opposite words side by side
• Juxtaposition


  Placing two opposing ideas together
• Symbolism


  Objects linked to wider meaning
• Semantic field


  Words across an extract linked to one idea
• Irony

  Events in the text surprising the characters
• Rhetorical question


  A question that does not require an answer
• Assonance


  Repetition of vowel sounds
• Alliteration


  Words beginning with the same letter
• Sibilance


  Words with 's' sounds
• Euphemism


  Indirect way of saying something
• Emotive language


  Language that evokes emotion
• Onomatopoeia


  Words that describe sounds
• Rule of three


  Three words/phrases in a row to describe something
• Facts and statistics


  Using evidence to support a point
• Plosives


  Repetition of harsh sounds
• Zoomorphism


  Giving human characteristics to animals
• Opinions


  Using expert opinions as a language device
• Repetition


  Repeating words or phrases for effect
• Language devices


  • Nouns
  • Adjectives
  • Verbs
  • Adverbs
• When you type in key quotes from an Inspector Calls, you get lots of different opinions
• The issue is that you have to look at quotes with an exam hat on
• Some websites may suggest quotes that are good, but may not be the best to use in an exam paragraph
• The purpose of this video

  To provide the top 10 quotes from An Inspector Calls that are the best and easiest to use in different exam questions
• Mr. Birling: 'A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own'
• This quote sums up capitalism


  It shows the belief that wealth, money, and looking after oneself and one's own are the most important things
• This quote can be used to describe every character in the play

  As they all act in selfish ways, only helping others if it's in their own interest
• Inspector: 'These girls aren't cheap labour, these girls are people'
• This quote represents the battle between capitalism and socialism


  It shows how capitalism dehumanizes people and treats them as cheap labour
• Mr. Birling: 'If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we'd had anything to do with it would be very awkward wouldn't it'
• This quote shows the Birling family wiping their hands clean of responsibility


  But this ideology comes back to haunt them as everything becomes very awkward by the end of Act 2 and start of Act 3
• Mrs. Birling: 'Firstly the girl herself and secondly I blame the young man who was the father of the child he should be made an example of'
• This quote shows dramatic irony

  As when Mrs. Birling finds out it's her own son Eric, she says "if only I knew"
• This quote also shows that Mrs. Birling's morality is dependent on who commits the act

  Good and bad are judged based on who does it, not the act itself
• Eric: 'I wasn't in love with her or anything - but I liked her - she was pretty and a good sport - that's all'
• Morality


  How you judge what is good and bad