Paper Quote from Passage Effect Explanation

April 2023 'the paths flowed like rivers' Visual imagery / Natural flow  Compares the design of the park's paths to rivers
– Paper 1  suggests a natural and harmonious layout.
(Non-fiction)
'adorned' Beauty / Decoration  Implies that the park is decorated beautifully and
elaborately
 emphasises aesthetic appeal

Use of personal pronouns like 'we' and 'our’ Inclusion / Shared experience  Engages the reader by creating a sense of shared
experience and involvement in the park's description.

October 2020 'Whales in Scotland have been photographed Emotive impact / Global scope  uses real examples from different countries
– Paper 1 entangled in plastic strapping; whales have washed  uses emotive language to highlight the widespread and
(Non-fiction) up in Canada wrapped in plastic fishing line; and, in tragic impact of plastic pollution on marine life
2012, a young whale was found dead, floating off
the Greek coast.’
'They can't swim. They can't forage. They get Emphasis / Desperation  3 short sentences to emphasise the turtles' decline
weaker and weaker.'  create a dramatic and desolate tone

'We end up eating the plastic that we threw away.’ Irony / Consequence  ironic situation where humans eat the same plastic waste
they discard
 emphasises the consequences of pollution

From 2022 That's what makes his relationship with the flower To show/describe/emphasise  “heart-warming” to show that their connection is strong
English Stage 7 girl so heart-warming; does she accept and the (genuine/strong/positive) and genuine
– Paper 1 treasure him only because she can't see what he relationship between the flower  “deservedly famous” invokes interest
(Non-fiction) looks like? The last scene of ‘City Lights’ is girl and The Tramp.
Slapstick / City deservedly famous as one of the great emotional To engage reader's interest
lights moments in cinema history.

From 2022 ‘He had the right clothes. He had the right haircut. Emphasises how hard Elliot is  repetition of the word ‘right’ / same sentence opening
English Stage 7 He sat in the right position in class – not too near trying to fit in with the other
– Paper 2 the front, not too near the back.’ students.
(Fiction) Elliot

From 2022 ‘in the right way. Yeah, right, Einstein. Ten out of add extra emphasis / to show  italics are used.
English Stage 7 ten for brilliant logic. Now all I have to do is work Elliot’s thoughts
 Paper Quote from Passage Effect Explanation
– Paper 2 out how.’
(Fiction) Elliot

‘Football… rugby… tennis…’ • to show a list / to show  Ellipses are used in two ways.
Elliot/he is thinking (about
which sports club to join)

‘There were any number of school societies, all  to show an incomplete

Then, in the third week of term, important turning point in the  It tells the reader that the situation, action, or moment
narrative has changed from what came before.

From 2020 'How do you work out the differences like that Long sentences to:  Suggests she is not rushed, but quietly thinking
English Stage 7 from sounds, Masha pondered, as she slipped out
– Paper 2 of the open door, which was covered with a curtain build up descriptive detail/ to
(Fiction) Riding against mosquitoes, and into the morning air.’ create a slow, relaxing pace
Icarus
‘It was too hazy to be sunny. Less cotton wool than Clouds are unpleasant / Gloomy  Contrasts a soft, gentle image (cotton wool) with a sour,
curdled milk. Thunderstorm weather.’ / Thick, and heavy sky / the lumpy one (curdled milk), suggesting an unpleasant,
clouds were not fluffy overcast atmosphere.

‘Birds whistled. Those were the ones with heads as Sensory detail  describing all the sounds Masha hears when she wakes up
grey and furry-looking as little mice. There was an
endless shushing noise, as if the Dnieper River had
slipped the chains of its bank in the night and lay
sighing on the doorstep. The goats in their pen
made sleepy bleating sounds…’