1. Key Stage 4 Paper 1: Language Devices Objective: To improve responses when answering questions on language devices On your own, you have 2 minutes to list as many language devices as possible. Now compare your list to the people around you. Now compare your list to Mr Ramsey’s!

2. Key Stage 4 Paper 1: Language Devices EMOTIVE WORDS TONE sarcastic FORMAL INFORMAL COLLOQUIAL MODAL VERBS may, could SPECIALIST VOCABULARY SECOND GUESSING ANSWERS ACTIVE OR PASSIVE SENTENCES SENTENCE TYPES SENTENCE LENGTH RHETORICAL QUESTIONS ALLITERATION GROUPS OF THREE TOPIC SENTENCES IMPERATIVES ADJECTIVES positive negative IMAGERY metaphor, simile, personification PRONOUNS you, we TENSES REPETITION NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVE What effects can some of these devices have? Objective: To improve responses when answering questions on language devices

3. Key Stage 4 Paper 1: Language Devices Objective: To improve responses when answering questions on language devices Now spend another 2 minutes trying to remember as many of these as possible.

4. Key Stage 4 Paper 1: Language Devices ‘How does the Cosmopolitan magazine cover use language to attract an audience?’ Look at this Paper 1, Section A question Now look at the following answer, supplied by a candidate Objective: To improve responses when answering questions on language devices

5. Key Stage 4 Paper 1: Language Devices Objective: To improve responses when answering questions on language devices The cosmoploitan advert uses words that start with the same letter. To stand out. And it is called the words no1 magasine for young woman so that it is made to seem the best. Some of the things that it goes on about might be right for people of its age like orgasms and work so this is for people who are older than me. The titles are short sentences and this is easy to read, because I dont like to read lots of things and I might get bored. Some of the things are funny like going to a stripping school. The title is at the top of the page and is red, which means that the magazine is about red hot stuff. And the blonde woman is on the front which means that if I read this magzine then I will be just like her. There are not any metafores or similies or any repetitions and it is using active sentences not passive sentences. And she is looking at the camera to give the impresson that she is looking at me and not any one else.

6. Key Stage 4 Paper 1: Language Devices Objective: To improve responses when answering questions on language devices In small groups, discuss the strengths of this response (there are some!). In small groups, discuss what advice you would give to this candidate to improve their work? The cosmoploitan advert uses words that start with the same letter. To stand out. And it is called the words no1 magasine for young woman so that it is made to seem the best. Some of the things that it goes on about might be right for people of its age like orgasms and work so this is for people who are older than me. The titles are short sentences and this is easy to read, because I dont like to read lots of things and I might get bored. Some of the things are funny like going to a stripping school. The title is at the top of the page and is red, which means that the magazine is about red hot stuff. And the blonde woman is on the front which means that if I read this magzine then I will be just like her. There are not any metafores or similies or any repetitions and it is using active sentences not passive sentences. And she is looking at the camera to give the impresson that she is looking at me and not any one else.

7. Key Stage 4 Paper 1: Language Devices Now, using the Cosmopolitan magazine cover, write an improved response to the question: ‘How does the Cosmopolitan magazine cover use language to attract an audience?’ Objective: To improve responses when answering questions on language devices

8. Key Stage 4 Paper 1: Language Devices

9. Now swap your work with a partner and provide some comments that you think will help to improve the quality of their response. Objective: To improve responses when answering questions on language devices