Language

The vocabulary, imagery, sounds and sentence choices a writer uses to shape meaning.

The words and expressions a writer chooses, including imagery, figurative language and sentence patterns.

Language concerns the words and expressions Shelley chooses; structure concerns how she organises the story; form concerns the kinds of writing through which it is told. They work together. A frightening description has a different impact when it comes from a terrified participant rather than an impartial observer.

The words, images and verbal techniques a writer uses to create meanings and effects.

Part (b), AO1: build a focused interpretation using well-chosen references from elsewhere in the novel. Accurate paraphrase is credited; language analysis is not assessed in this part.

Part (b): Choose another moment that directly answers the question. Establish what happens briefly, then explain how Syal’s language, form and structure make it significant. AO1 and AO2 are equally weighted; AO3 is not assessed.

Language concerns the words and sentences Syal chooses. Form concerns the kind of story she tells: a first-person, coming-of-age novel. Structure concerns how she arranges it, from the order of events to interruptions, contrasts and the ending.

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