Remember, language = word choice, imagery, structure, tone  (also alliteration, onomatopoeia etc.)

When you analyse word choice, remember Quote + Explanation/Connotations is the basic word choice answer structure.

If you are going to comment on structure (question, list, parenthesis, ellipsis, short sentence…) then you must state the technique first, then quote, then comment.  Your comment needs to be detailed.

Imagery analysis = ‘Just as’ (LITERAL ORIGIN ie what is emigration, exactly?) and ‘so too’ (what does it mean in this context (ie what massive changes happen through childhood?).  In this example the image comes from Originally ; ” All childhood is an emigration”.

 

Also, please use the taught structure for the 8 mark question:

Para 1: Commonality (discuss at least two poems in this section)    2 marks

Para 2: Quote from printed passage plus comment                            2 Marks

Para 3: Quote from another Duffy poem plus comment                               2 Marks

Para 4: Quote from another Duffy poem (this could be the same poem as the one discussed in para 3) plus comment   2 Marks

Keep working hard!

MrT