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Choose the correct

Spelling

Spelling
homophone to complete this ‘Its’ is the correct homophone:
sentence. The dog licked its bowl.
The dog licked its / it’s bowl.

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GCSE AQA Revision • English The apostrophe should come

Punctuation

Punctuation
Where should the
after the ‘s’ in ‘cats’, because
apostrophe go in
the owners belong to the cats
this sentence?
and cats is plural:
The two cats owners went
The two cats’ owners went
away for a week.
away for a week.
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Sentence Structure

Sentence Structure

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What type of
sentence is this?
This is a compound sentence.
Chloe went to town and
bought a new bag.

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Text Structure and

Text Structure and

Organisation

Organisation

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A discourse marker is a word

or phrase that connects
What is a discourse marker?
sentences and paragraphs,
e.g. However, Firstly.

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Standard English and

Standard English and

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Grammar

Grammar

What tense is used in this

The past continuous tense is
sentence?
used in the sentence.
He was singing beautifully.

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Explicit Information

Explicit Information
and Ideas GCSE AQA Revision • English

and Ideas
Explicit information is
What is meant by explicit
information that is openly
information?
stated in a text.

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Implicit Information

Implicit Information
GCSE AQA Revision • English Implicit information is
and Ideas

and Ideas
information that is not
What is meant by implicit openly stated in a text. The
information? information is implied so you
have to ‘read between the
lines’ to find it.
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Synthesis and

Synthesis and

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A summary is a shortened
Summary

Summary

version of something. A
What is a summary? summary contains the
main points but leaves out
unnecessary details.

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Referring to the Text

Referring to the Text

PEE stands for Point,

GCSE AQA Revision • English Evidence, Explain.
• Make a point.
• Give evidence (as
What does PEE stand for?
a quotation or by
paraphrasing).
• Explain the evidence.
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Analysing Language 1

Analysing Language 1

GCSE AQA Revision • English The underlined words are a

What word classes noun and a verb:
do the underlined words in this Verb

sentence belong to?

Harry went to work.
Harry went to work.
(Proper) noun

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Analysing Language 2

Analysing Language 2
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Onomatopoeia is the use

of words that sound like
What is onomatopoeia?
their meaning, e.g. ‘boom’,
‘squeak’.

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Analysing Language 2

Analysing Language 2
What name is given GCSE AQA Revision • English

to this example of
figurative imagery? This example of figurative
It was as cold and still as a imagery is a simile.
statue.

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Analysing Form and

Analysing Form and

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Structure

Structure

Reverse chronological order

What is meant by reverse means starting with the most
chronological order? recent event and working
backwards.

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Creative Reading 1

Creative Reading 1

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An inciting incident in a story

What is an inciting incident? is the event that really gets
the story going.

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We can learn about characters from:

Creative Reading 2

Creative Reading 2

GCSE AQA Revision • English • The narrator’s description of them.

• How the character behaves.
List three ways in which we
• How other characters react to them.
can learn about characters in
• What the character says and how
a text.
they say it.
• What other characters say
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Narrative Writing

Narrative Writing
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A protagonist is the first-

person voice of a character
What is a protagonist?
in a narrative, e.g. Jane in
Jane Eyre.

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Descriptive Writing

Descriptive Writing
What person is this GCSE AQA Revision • English

sentence written in?

She sang loudly, her This sentence is written in the
fabulously powerful voice third person (he/she/it/they).
filling every corner of the
room.
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Reading Non-fiction 1

Reading Non-fiction 1

GCSE AQA Revision • English A biography is the story of

someone’s life, written by
What is the difference
someone else.
between a biography and an
An autobiography is the story
autobiography?
of someone’s life, written by
that person.
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Reading Non-fiction 2

Reading Non-fiction 2

There are many types of non-

GCSE AQA Revision • English fiction texts, including:
• Reviews
List three types of • Newspaper and magazine
non-fiction texts. articles/reports/features
• Biographies/autobiographies
• Letters
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Writing Non-fiction 1

Writing Non-fiction 1

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The purpose of the writing

What is meant by the purpose is the reason why you are
of writing? writing, e.g. to entertain, to
inform or to advise.

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Writing Non-fiction 2

Writing Non-fiction 2
Three organisational features
List three GCSE AQA Revision • English
you could use when writing
organisational
an article for a newspaper,
features you could use
magazine or website are:
when writing an article for
• Subheadings
a newspaper, magazine or
• Headline
website.
• Strapline
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Shakespeare – Context

Shakespeare – Context
Shakespeare lived from 1564
GCSE AQA Revision • English to 1616, during the reign of
Queen Elizabeth I. England was
In what period did
enjoying prosperity during this
Shakespeare live? What was
time. Explorers were discovering
England like during this time?
and colonizing new lands, and
literature and theatre were
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Shakespeare – Themes

Shakespeare – Themes

Themes that occur in many of

Shakespeare’s plays include:
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• Ambition • Revenge
List three themes that occur • Kingship • Betrayal
in many of Shakespeare’s • Fate • Jealousy
plays. • Love
There are many more. See
p.62 of your revision guide
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Shakespeare –

Shakespeare –

GCSE AQA Revision • English A soliloquy is a speech by

Characters

Characters

one of the characters to the

audience. Usually, there are
What is a soliloquy?
no other characters on stage.
Soliloquies reveal a lot about
the character.
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Shakespeare – Language

Shakespeare – Language
and Structure

and Structure

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What poetic feature does Shakespeare often uses

Shakespeare often use to rhyming couplets to emphasise
emphasise important thoughts? important thoughts.

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Modern Texts – Context The 19th-Century Novel – The 19th-Century Novel – The 19th-Century Novel – The 19th-Century Novel –

Modern Texts – Context The 19th-Century Novel – The 19th-Century Novel – The 19th-Century Novel – The 19th-Century Novel –
GCSE AQA Revision • English During the nineteenth
century, women didn’t have
Context

Context
What was women’s position
the vote, and their career
in society during the
options were very limited.
nineteenth century?
Many writers and thinkers
supported women’s rights.
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Themes are presented in

nineteenth-century novels through:
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• Events that take place in
Themes

Themes
the novel
How are themes presented in
• Discussion by the narrators
nineteenth-century novels?
and/or characters
• Characters embodying themes
• Settings
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It is important to consider the

GCSE AQA Revision • English other characters in the novel,
Characters

Characters

Why is it important to as well as the protagonist,

consider the other characters because they may portray
in the novel, as well as the themes or issues, they may be
protagonist? significant to the plot, and
they may reveal something
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Language and Structure

Language and Structure

Different tones that the narrative

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voice could use include:
• Formal
List three different tones that
• Informal
the narrative voice could use.
• Authoritative
• Friendly
• Sarcastic
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GCSE AQA Revision • English It is important to consider the social

and historical context of a text
Why is it important to
because the time when the text was
consider the social and
written may have influenced the
historical context of a text?
writer’s attitudes and the themes
and issues in the text.
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Modern Texts – Themes

Modern Texts – Themes

GCSE AQA Revision • English Motifs and symbols present
themes by representing an
How can motifs and symbols issue or idea. For example,
present themes in a text? in The Lord of the Flies,
the conch is a symbol of
democracy.
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Modern Texts –

Modern Texts –
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An omniscient narrator is
Characters

Characters
a narrative voice, which
What is an omniscient
shares the thoughts, feelings
narrator?
and experiences of many
characters.

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Language and Structure

Language and Structure

Modern Texts –

Modern Texts –

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What is an act in a play? An act in a play is like a

How many acts do most plays chapter in a novel. Most plays
have? have two acts.

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The Romantic Movement was

Poetry – Context

Poetry – Context

GCSE AQA Revision • English a period when ‘Romantics’

rebelled against the popularity
What was the Romantic of Greek and Latin poetry, and
Movement? valued more traditional forms
of poetry such as ballads and
wrote about love, politics and
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Poetry – Themes

Poetry – Themes

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A persona is a fictional voice

What is a persona? used by the poet. It is the
voice of the poem.

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Poetry – Language

Poetry – Language
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Alliteration is the repetition

of a sound at the beginning
What is alliteration?
of two or more words that
are placed close together.

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Poetry – Language

Poetry – Language
What feature is GCSE AQA Revision • English

used in this line

The feature used in this line is
from ‘Winter Swans’ by Owen
assonance (a series of similar
Sheers?
vowel sounds).
‘but as we moved on through
the afternoon light’
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Poetry – Form and

Poetry – Form and

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Structure

Structure

Enjambment is when a poet

What is enjambment? continues across lines or
stanzas without a pause.

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Poetry – Form and

Poetry – Form and

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Structure

Structure

Rhythm is created in a poem

How is rhythm created in a
from the pattern of stressed
poem?
and unstressed syllables.

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Poetry – Unseen Poetry

Poetry – Unseen Poetry

Connectives you could use

GCSE AQA Revision • English when comparing poems
include:
List three connectives you
• On the other hand…
could use when comparing
• However…
poems.
• … whereas…
• Similarly…
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