My revision notes : CCEA GCSE English language / Amanda Barr.

Cover; Book title; Copyright; Contents; Unit 1, Section A: Writing for audience and purpose; What does Unit 1, Section A involve?; Purpose, audience and form; Identifying purpose, audience and form; Register and style; Planning your response; Organising ideas; Openings and endings; Promoting a point of view; Engaging a reader; Writing persuasively; Counter-arguing; Spelling, punctuation and grammar; Spelling; Vocabulary for effect; Sentence structures; Sentence lengths; Punctuating effectively; Writing forms; Speeches; Articles; Letters; Online blogs.

Unit 1, Section B: Reading to access non-fiction and media textsWhat does Unit 1, Section B involve?; Identifying purpose; Task 2: Analysing a writer's craft; Point. Evidence. Explain. (P.E.E.); Task 3: Extracting meaning; Summarising the main ideas; Supporting interpretations; Task 4: Reading media texts; Persuasive language; Rhetoric; Fact and opinion; Promotional language; Language to connect and engage a reader; Task 5: Analysing presentational features; Presentational features; Analysing colour; Analysing layout; Analysing images; Analysing font.

Unit 4, Section A: Personal or Creative WritingWhat does Unit 4, Section A involve?; Purpose, audience and form; Planning for writing; Structuring your writing; Personal Writing; Narrative perspective; Openings; Adding interest; Endings; Creative Writing; Creating a character; Creating setting; Creating atmosphere; Crafting for effect; Sentence structures; Sentence types; Sentence lengths; Vocabulary for effect; Making selections of verbs, adverbs and adjectives; Describing feelings; Imagery; Unit 4, Section B: Reading literary and non-fiction texts; What does Unit 4, Section B involve?

Task 2: Comparing literary textsReading literary texts; Comparing texts; What to look for when comparing and contrasting; Language to compare and contrast; Tasks 3 and 4: Reading non-fiction texts; Understanding writers' attitudes and intentions; Analysing techniques; Evaluating the effect; Test yourself answers.

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