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🩶AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 advice 🩶
For Question 3, paper 2 - it is all about language analysis. You will be given one of the sources in particular to focus upon and need to zoom in and explain the impact of the language and literary devices used.
It’s very important to just focus on the specific lines that you are told to analyse and not the rest of the text. Do not look at the second source for this question. With this question remember to zoom, zoom, zoom in on the language. This will gain you the maximum marks out of 12.

💚AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, Section B Question 5 💚
There’s a choice between writing a story or a description. I would always advise writing a description as it’s easier to gain the marks.
Start off by annotating the image provided on the page with as many adjectives and the 5 senses as you can.
Next, consider the following acronym.
Imagery
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Senses (All 5)
And use it as a checklist as you’re writing. At least two to three times each when you’re writing your description.
Aim for 6-7 paragraphs minimum. Start off with deciding on the time of year (season) and the time of day in your initial paragraph to set the scene and tie into the picture you’re describing. Then move onto your 5 senses paragraphs (one on each)
Ensure you use a range of punctuation and sentence structure for impact throughout too. This is marked out of 40 total. 24 for content and 16 for SPAG.