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Flashcards for OCR GCSE English Language (J351), split into language and structural techniques, reading non-fiction and literary prose across the 19th to 21st centuries, writing forms and rhetoric, grammar, punctuation and spelling, and what each component's questions ask for. There are no set texts: every exam text is unseen.

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What is inside (30 subdecks)

  • 1. Language techniques114 cards
    • 1a. Imagery and figurative language39 cards
    • 1b. Sound, address and instruction39 cards
    • 1c. Persuasive and non-fiction language36 cards
  • 2. Structural techniques60 cards
    • 2a. Order and time30 cards
    • 2b. Shape, focus and paragraphing30 cards
  • 3. Reading non-fiction and literary texts70 cards
    • 3a. Reading skills and key terms28 cards
    • 3b. Non-fiction forms and periods23 cards
    • 3c. Narrative viewpoint and comparing texts9 cards
    • 3d. Using and understanding texts10 cards
  • 4. Writing: forms, purposes and techniques49 cards
    • 4a. Purposes of non-fiction writing12 cards
    • 4b. Forms and their conventions8 cards
    • 4c. Audience, viewpoint and cohesion8 cards
    • 4d. Planning non-fiction writing4 cards
    • 4e. Narrative and descriptive technique12 cards
    • 4f. Writing accurately for effect5 cards
  • 5. Grammar, punctuation and spelling123 cards
    • 5a. Punctuation40 cards
    • 5b. Sentences and clauses28 cards
    • 5c. Word classes20 cards
    • 5d. Tense and voice16 cards
    • 5e. Standard English and spelling19 cards
  • 6. The exam and how it is marked25 cards
    • 6a. The two written components4 cards
    • 6b. Component 01: Communicating information and ideas10 cards
    • 6c. Component 02: Exploring effects and impact7 cards
    • 6d. Spoken language endorsement4 cards

Some of its cards

  • Present tense
    A verb form describing an action or state happening now or generally true
  • A word naming a general person, place or thing, not given a capital letter, such as 'city' or 'dog'
    Common noun
  • What does the first Section A question in Component 02 typically ask a candidate to do?
    Retrieve short, explicit details from one prose fiction text
  • What must a candidate do to complete the spoken language endorsement?
    Give a prepared spoken presentation to an audience that includes the teacher, then listen and respond to questions and feedback
  • What makes textual evidence well-integrated into an answer, rather than just added on?
    It is woven into the sentence making the point, rather than dropped in afterwards as a separate quotation.
  • Words chosen deliberately to stir a strong feeling in the reader
    Emotive language
  • Writing that creates a picture of a person, place or experience for the reader
    Describe (as a writing purpose)
  • Explicit information
    Information stated directly and openly in a text, not requiring any inference
  • Metaphor
    Describing something as if it were something else, without 'like' or 'as'
  • A narrative told from the perspective of a character within the story, using 'I' or 'we'
    First-person narrative

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