WORD CLASSES
“the freezing operating theatre dragged the exhausted staff through another sleepless night shift”
a. SELECT EMOTIVE WORD
b. Identify its word class
“the ward swallowed us whole before sunrise even arrived”
a. Select a WORD or LANG
b. Select imagery
Metaphor/personification — the hospital is described as consuming doctors. Visual imagery creates danger and loss of control.
“swallowing exhausted doctors while cheerful music played quietly nearby”?
1. Select EMOTIVE word
Describe in 3 words (connotations) on how Adam may be feeling?
a. Swallowing/Cheerful (Contrast)
b. The contrast between danger and calmness makes hospital life feel unsettling and overwhelming.
How long should you spend on Question 3?
a. 5 mins (7 mins)
b. 10 mins (13 mins)
c. 15 mins (20 mins)
c. 15 mins (20 mins)
“the harsh fluorescent lights flickered above the silent doctors slumped beside the nurses’ station at 3am”
a. SELECT EMOTIVE WORD OR PHRASE
b. Name the word class
a. TWO-WORD noun phrase
b. Which adjective creates the most uncomfortable atmosphere?
“patients flooded endlessly through the bright automatic doors”
a. SELECT WORD or LANG?
b. SELECT IMAGERY
a. SELECT WORD or LANGUAGE TECHNIQUE
b. SELECT THE IMAGERY
“Every heartbeat hammered painfully against his ribs during the silent night shift”
a. Select an emotive WORD or PHRASE
b. (Zoom-in) Give 2 WORDS to describe how Adam feels?
Select an emotive WORD or PHRASE
b. 2 words to describe how Adam feels
What order may it be useful to do the reading questions in from 1-4?
1 and 3
2 and 4
“Adam stared blankly at the overflowing paperwork while the ward alarms continued ringing behind him”
a. SELECT EMOTIVE WORD
b. IDENTIFY WORD CLASS
a. “overflowing” — adjective/present participle
OR
“his pager shrieked violently across the silent staff room”
a. SELECT WORD or LANG
b. SELECT THE IMAGERY
a. SELECT WORD or LANG
b. SELECT THE IMAGERY
“The night shift seemed to last a thousand years, with every bleep dragging the exhausted doctors further towards collapse.”
a. Select an emotive WORD or PHRASE or LANG
b. 2 words to describe how writer (Doctor) feels
a. “a thousand years” → hyperbole/
“dragging” → violent/emotive language
b. Exhausted/Overwhelmed
TRUE or FALSE - You must focus on the EFFECT of the reader
FALSE: Focus on IMAGE the writer creates and what it suggests about the writer
“streams of exhausted nurses rushed through the dim corridor carrying cold cups of untouched coffee before sunrise”
a. SELECT THE EMOTIVE WORD or PHRASE
b. IDENTIFY WORD CLASS
streams - noun
exhausted - adj
dim corridor - noun phrase/adj
untouched - adj
“the hospital became a machine grinding exhausted doctors through another endless night shift”
a. SELECT WORD or LANG
b. SELECT THE IMAGERY
a. SELECT WORD or LANG
b. SELECT THE IMAGERY
“the ward exploded into panic while two nurses laughed awkwardly beside the vending machine”
a. Select the 2 contrasting words.
b. Why has Adam done this?
a. “panic/exploded' and “laughed”
b. To show the contrast between chaos and normal behaviour in hospitals.
It highlights how staff try to cope with stressful situations through humour.
TRUE OR FALSE: Question 3 (Paper 2) is exactly the same as the language question in Paper 1 (Question 2)
TRUE/FALSE: Set out exactly the same. BUT you can also looking for Lists of 3, Statistics (Persuasive writing techniques) in the transactional paper
“clenching his shaking hands beneath the stiff hospital gloves, Adam tried to ignore the pounding headache building behind his eyes”
a. SELECT EMOTIVE WORD OR PHRASE
b. IDENTIFY WORD CLASS
a. “clenching/shaking” — VERB
“pounding headache” ADJ/NOUN-PHRASE
“doctors drifted ghost-like through brightly coloured children’s wards before collapsing into chairs”
a. SELECT WORD or LANG
b. SELECT THE IMAGERY
a. SELECT WORD or LANG
b. SELECT THE IMAGERY
“a doctor quietly stirred his coffee while alarms screamed from the operating theatre down the corridor”
a. Select the EMOTIVE WORD or LANG?
b. Why has Adam done this?
a. “quietly” and “screamed”
b. To show the contrast between ordinary routines and medical chaos.
It highlights how stressful situations become normal for hospital staff.
In question 3:
a. How many quotes do I need?
b. How many words do I need to zoom-in on?
c. What must I talk about to get the marks
a. 3
b. 3
c. The image/effect the writer creates or explain the writer's choices