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GCSE English Language · key term
A difference between two details, attitudes or responses that helps make their qualities clearer.
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Paper 1
A contrast between words, details or sections of a text that helps emphasise their differences.
Revise: Paper 1 Question 3: language and structureWhen she later catches Percy ‘nervously’, the adverb shows that the exploration has become frightening. These choices give you a precise contrast between her initial ease and later anxiety.
Paper 2
Use terminology accurately to support an explanation. Naming a short sentence, contrast or shift is not enough without its particular effect.
Explain structural choices: how the focus shifts, why details appear in a particular order, or how a contrast develops an impression.
Use terminology accurately where it helps. Words such as ‘dialogue’, ‘contrast’ and ‘sentence’ can support effective analysis.
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A difference between elements of a text that brings their qualities into sharper focus.
Stronger response: Level 3, 6/10. Its overall quality is explanation. It explains word choices and the opening-to-ending contrast, supported by relevant evidence.
Paper 1
The placing of noticeably different ideas or details together to emphasise their difference.
Revise: Component 01 Question 3: language and structureA cheerful phrase followed by a bleak statement creates a contrast through both word choice and positioning. You can explain these together rather than writing two disconnected halves.
Component 1, Component 2
A difference between details, characters or ideas which a writer brings out to shape the reader’s understanding.
Revise: Analysing structure and toneThe ending creates a comic contrast between Vera’s calm control and Framton’s panic.
A difference between characters, details or situations that makes their distinctive qualities clearer.
