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Language Analysis Practice

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🎯 WALT: Analyse how writers use language techniques for effect

Success Criteria:

• I can identify literary devices, grammar features and structural techniques

• I can explain the effect of language choices on the reader

• I can link techniques to writer's purpose

🔄 Do It Now - Retrieval Practice

1. What is a metaphor?

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

A direct comparison saying one thing IS another

Giving human qualities to objects

2. Which sentence uses the past tense correctly?

I have went to the shop

I went to the shop

I go to the shop yesterday

3. What structural technique grabs the reader's attention at the start of a text?

A dramatic _____________ or question

4. Extension: Name two effects of using short sentences in writing:

📖 Language Analysis Task

Text Extract:

"The ancient oak tree stood like a silent guardian. Its twisted branches reached desperately towards the grey sky. Rain hammered the earth. Sarah's heart pounded as she approached the creaking gate."

5. Find and identify TWO literary devices in the extract:

Device 1: _________________ Example: _________________

Device 2: _________________ Example: _________________

6. What is the effect of the short sentence "Rain hammered the earth"?

Creates calm atmosphere

Shows dramatic tension

Describes the weather

7. Explain how the writer creates a sense of mystery in this extract:
8. SEND Support: Circle the words that create a spooky mood:

ancient / silent / twisted / desperately / grey / hammered / pounded / creaking

9. Challenge Extension: How does the structure of the extract (long sentences followed by short) affect the reader?
10. Dyslexia-Friendly Option: Match the technique to its definition:
Simile
Personification
Short sentences
Creates tension
Comparison with 'like'
Human qualities to objects

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