Language and Structure

What is an adjective?

• A doing word

• A describing word

• A person, place or thing

What is the verb in this sentence...

'Brennan anxiously stripping a torso with no head'

• Anxiously

• Stripping

• Torso

• Head

'Anxiously' and 'Tentatively' are examples of what language feature?

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

Dialogue is a structural technique but what is it?

• Speech between characters

• When characters look at each other

• Names of characters

What is the best way to answer the structure question (Q3)?

• By analysing the beginning of the extract

• Pick out language features from the whole extract

• Comment on the focus in the beginning, middle and the end of the extract

What is the best way to answer the language question (Q2)? (TWO ANSWERS)

• Pick out as many language features as you can

• Choose the best 2-3 quotations and explain them fully

• Use language terminology where you can

• Write about 5 good paragraphs

Are Q2 and Q3 worth the same amount of marks?

• Yes

• No

What ISN'T a structural feature?

• Flashbacks

• Beginning, middle and end

• Shifts in focus

• Personification

What ISN'T a language feature?

• Adjectives

• Similes

• Foreshadowing

• Adverbs

Black, red and green are examples of what language feature?

• Adjectives

• Emotive language

• Metaphor

• Similes