Skills: Language and Structure Analysis (Edexcel GCSE English Language): Flashcards

Explores words, phrases, literary devices & their effect on reader

Analyzes text organization: order, sentence types, tone shifts

Descriptive language creating pictures in the reader's mind

Repeating the same consonant sounds

Repetition of vowel sounds

Words that imitate sounds (e.g., buzz, crash, whisper)

Words that provoke emotions in the reader

Exaggeration for effect

Questions that make readers think, don't require answers

Placing contrasting ideas together

Create tension, emphasise points, add impact

Slow pace, add description, convey reflective tone

Builds excitement or urgency

Ending scene at tense moment to keep reader engaged

Starts & ends similarly, gives sense of closure & completeness