English Language

GCSE Specification 2019 - 2021 (Covid updated)

Effective Active Practice
Revision Step Notes made revision done questions
done
RAG Rating
Topic area Topic area (specific)
(general)
Effective use of language techniques to
influence your reader
o simile
o alliteration
o metaphor
o repetition
Effective use of sentencing
o complex with inserted clauses
o short and snappy
o starting with a verb or an adverb
o starting with a time phrase
o lists
Varied use of Punctuation

Persuasive Devices for writing to argue

and persuade e.g. AFOREST
o Anecdotes, Facts, Opinions,
Rhetorical Questions, Emotive
language, Statistics, Triplets,
Irony, Humour, Satire
Develop vocabulary by working on useful
emotive words