TEXTS
What is the name of the text we have look at that includes a Hyena?
THE LIFE OF PI
This punctuation mark is used at the end of a question...
QUESTION MARK (?)
This literary device compares two things using the words like or as, often used to create vivid imagery.
SIMILE
This type of transactional writing aims to change the reader’s viewpoint using logical arguments, emotive language, and rhetorical devices.
PERSUASIVE WRITING
This figurative technique gives human qualities to non-human objects, often used to create vivid description.
PERSONIFICATION
What were the three cursed items in our 'horror in the mundane' texts
PEN, BUTTON, A4 PAPER
An ADJECTIVE describes what word class...?
NOUN
This writing technique zooms in on sensory details—sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch—to help the reader picture a scene clearly.
DESCRIPTIVE / SENSORY IMAGERY
This formal opening phrase is typically used at the start of a letter when the writer does not know the recipient’s name.
"DEAR SIR/ MADAM/ WHOM IT MAY CONCERN"
This term describes the way a writer begins a text, often hooking the reader with action, character, or atmosphere.
OPENING/ BEGINNING/ NARRATIVE HOOK
What was the name of the hotel in The Shining...?
THE OVERLOOK HOTEL
This punctuation is used to separate items in a list, but before “and” in a complex list it becomes “Oxford.”
COMMA (,)
In narrative writing, this term refers to the moment when tension reaches its highest point before resolving.
CLIMAX
This structural feature helps organise ideas clearly by using devices like firstly, additionally, and finally.
DISCOURSE MARKERS
This language device repeats the same starting word or phrase in consecutive sentences or clauses to create emphasis.
REPETITION/ ANAPHORA
The lesson in which 'Mary' made a visit, was based around what kind of horror?
MUNDANE HORROR
A sentence containing one independent clause and at least one dependent clause is known by this grammatical term...
COMPLEX SENTENCE
This narrative perspective uses "he," "she," or "they" and allows the writer to describe the thoughts and feelings of one single character.
THIRD PERSON (LIMITED)
This persuasive technique places a counterargument in the writer’s own text, only to dismantle it, strengthening the overall argument and showing awareness of alternative viewpoints.
REBUTTING/ COUNTERARGUMENT
When a writer shifts focus from one idea, time, or place to another, they are using this key structural technique often analysed in Paper 1 Question 3.
STRUCTURAL SHIFT/ CHANGE IN FOCUS
What classical horror creature was being 'interviewed' in a previous text we analysed...
VAMPIRE! (Interview with a Vampire by Ann Rice)
What type of subordinate clause functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb, but cannot stand alone and often begins with words like that, which, who, or because.
DEPENDENT CLAUSE
This sophisticated structural technique involves subtly echoing earlier moments, images, or motifs later in the narrative to create cohesion and deeper meaning.
STRUCTURAL MIRRORING / MOTIF ECHOING/ FORESHADOWING
This sophisticated persuasive technique shifts the reader’s emotional alignment by presenting a carefully curated personal story—not for narrative effect, but to humanise the argument and ethically influence the reader’s moral judgement.
ANECDOTE
This high-level structural technique mirrors patterns, images, or motifs introduced earlier in a text, creating cohesion and deeper thematic resonance—often used in literary fiction.
CYCLICAL / MIRRORED STRUCTURE