Paper 1 Question 3 Skills: Structure Analysis (AQA GCSE English Language): Flashcards
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What does structural analysis examine?
What does structural analysis examine?
How writer organises/sequences events, ideas, info in text
Acronym to guide structure analysis in Q3
Acronym to guide structure analysis in Q3
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Define: equilibrium
Define: equilibrium
Without too much tension
Define: disequilibrium
Define: disequilibrium
A lot of tension
Define: prolepsis
Define: prolepsis
Flash-forward
Define: analepsis
Define: analepsis
Flash-back
Define: non-linear narrative
Define: non-linear narrative
Not told chronologically
Define: frame narrative
Define: frame narrative
Story within a story
Define: retrospective
Define: retrospective
Told from future, looking back at past
Define: false sense of equilibrium
Define: false sense of equilibrium
Not as calm as it may seem
Main trap to avoid in Q3
Main trap to avoid in Q3
Don't analyse language!
What Q3 should focus on
What Q3 should focus on
Structure's impact on mood, tone, effects on reader
Q2 vs Q3: level of analysis
Q2 vs Q3: level of analysis
Q2: sentence level (language); Q3: whole text (structure)