Question 3 Paper 2 AQA English Language: What REALLY gets the GRADES? 

What a clear accent and excellent explanation, as I remember in all of your clips English is my fourth language, and I am about 65 years old and am doing a GCSE in English. I learned a lot from you. Thank you is not enough. I pray you have a long life with health and happiness.

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If anyone thinks they might need this: 25 Language Devices: Defined & Explained! 1. Pathetic Fallacy Is when the weather or the atmosphere describes the mood. For example, when the weather is rainy people are sad and depressed 2nd example, the dark night could symbolise something supernatural like 3AM Satan etc… 2. Personification Is when a non-human is given human qualities. For example, the tree is waving to John as drives away. 3. Simile When you are comparing two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’ For example, his facial vision looked like a falcon’s eye 4. Metaphor Is when you are comparing two things with is or are Example He is an orc 5. Extended Metaphor Pick a metaphor and explain how --- > turn in to an extended metaphor Metaphor --- > Life is a rollercoaster. Now turning into extended metaphor add explanation so, Life is a rollercoaster you don’t know when you will be at the top or at the bottom, it will all happen in an instance, at the greatest heights you will be at the greatest heights and at times it will crash, but every day is never the same, just like in a turn in a Rolle coaster is never the same. 6. Oxymoron 2 opposite words side-by-side Example, the small giant 7. Juxtaposition You explain an oxymoron. The small giant tip-toing trying to reach the top shelf, however, his small arms and puny fingers prevented him from grabbing the bar of jam. 8. Symbolism Is when objects represent a meaning. For example, moon and the star represent Islam. 2nd Example, if you get a priest you will think someone died. In Macbeth the dagger links to death. 9. Semantic field Is where words are linked to an idea. For example, PPE, 2m and Hand Sanitiser, Head of Year link to COVID. 10. Irony Is when events in the text surprises the characters. Something not expected! Mr Birling offering a 1000. Scrooge changing his nature. 11. Rhetorical Question Question does not require an answer 12. Hyperbole Is when you hype, when over-exaggerating. I am going to eat the whole restaurant. 13. Assonance Is the repetition of the vowel sound. I am too cool for school. Oooooo 14. Alliteration Words in a row begin with the same letter. 15. Sibilance Is when words in a row have the s letter or the s sound Example: the snake was slowly hissing 16. Euphemism Is when you say something in an indirect manner. He is not with us anymore. 17. Emotive Language Is when the writer makes the reader feel emotional. By making them angry. 18. Onomatopoeia Words describe the sound Boom bang skirr pop 19. Ruel of 3 / Power of 3 / Triplets Words or phrases in a row describe something (3) The table is black, hard and wide 20. Facts/ Stats Uses evidence to support their facts. 50 % of the students prefer using email rather than social media . 21. Plosive Reptation of harsh sound Words such as 'P' 'D' 'B' 22. Zoomorphism Is when you give a person animal features. Example John barked at me / John shouted at me. 23. Opinion 24. Repetition Language Device and Structure. Is when the writer uses the words repletely to create an effect. Where is being repeated and why is that important 25. Noun, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs Structure Flashback - when you go back in time ,3 days ago etc.. Foreshadowing - when the writer gives clue about future ‘my heart was beating fast’ Zoom in - focus on one thing for example ‘pen’ , ‘specific character ‘ Zoom out - normally used to talk about setting Dialogue - when the character speak ‘hey there !’ New character New setting Change in tone Short sentence - to build up tense Long sentence - add details and slow down the narrative Short /long sentence - may show importance in both Shift in focus - talks about object then talks about another object for example ‘pen’ to ‘table’ Cyclical structure - similar stuff happening with beginning and ending Juxtaposition Extended metaphor Pace List Pov Overall tone Chronogical order Climax Repetition Links Mood , pathetic fallacy

Top 10 Mr Salles' Quotes: No.1: 8:29 (Red Box)

The videos helped me last time so thank you, are you 100% sure if I set it out like this with this structure the examiner will still mark it well without paragraphs

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i need some sentence starters for the POINT/QUOTE/EXPLAIN=12 TIMES

Mr salles, thanks for the video as always, when I use mutiple explanations for a single quote should I use different interpretations, so this could imply this or it could imply this, or should I simply give two explanations, both explaining the same point but focusing on different methods within the quote, thanks again and good luck everyone with the paper!!!

glad I don’t have the wrong mock grade! I don't want the bubonic plague

Hi sir. If I wrote in paragraphs, could I put a number next to each explanation in brackets to indicate each to both myself and the examiner?

can you write about metaphorical language even if its not on the list?

In my mocks, i got a grade 9 and I wrote about verbs and adjectives at points and my teacher who is an active examiner didnt say not to use them. I think I used them in my p1 aswell. Will I lose lots of marks?

The amount of times I've heard "the number of explanations you give"🤣 Keep it up Mr Salles!

you are actually saving my english gcse, you predicted the literature questions and now you're making language so much easier for me to understand, thank you so much Mr Salles I don't know what I would do without you!!!

Thank you Mr Salles for making my English exams a walk in the park

So, should we write our answer by numbering the explanations? I’m a little confused about the way you advised us to structure the answer. Aside from that, Incredible Video, Sir

I'm slightly uncomfortable writing the points out in a numbered list, but do you think I could still do this but without the numbers? For example just starting a new line for each point? Would that still make it clear enough for the examiners?

Did I just found my english language grade saviour? Thank you, you make it look so simple that I just feel relaxed by only hearing at you.🍀

wait we can just lay it out in points ??

I actually love you I wish I found this before English literature and language paper 1, not only is this insanely simple and enlightening but also enjoyable to watch and funny! You’re seriously carrying my grade right now thank you!

Is this 100% guaranteed to work or a bit of a gamble, considering some markers will just be set on the paragraph model and reject anything different?

Could we literally just write out our answers in the bullet points?

I trust Mr Salles, therefore I will be using his method for questions 3 and 2.

Is that means we can write in bullet points instead of paragraphs in the acutal exam??

has anyone used this technique and actually gotten high marks?

would numbering stop me from getting marks? i’m just worried the examiner will think it’s too informal

iam very comfortable with bullet points because thats wat ive been doing for my biology chemistry and physics for the past 3 years. but iam just scared if the examiner would say hm thats not inform of paragraph i wont give it enough mark like a maximum of 2-5 marks would that be possible even if i have made 12 points?

Man is an absolute legend, got recommended it by a friend 2 days before the GCSE and he is delivering!

structurally your video showed improvement in maths skills ❤️ 16 to 18 mins…

sir, quick question - would it be okay to number all the different explanations I've made in the exam (1-12) just so the examiner can see that I've made 12 interpretations just like how you did or should I not do that and just write 12 different sentences?

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Wow, would I actually get away with writing it as 12 points and 12 marks? Do they not consider how good the explanations are and then give it a grade on how good your answers were overall? For example, say I gave 12 L2 or L3 responses, would I then not get an L2 or L3 Grade overall? Or defo 12 as I wrote 12 points?

Is anyone else going to go into the exam, close their eyes and pick a random part of the source and see if they land on a quote? It would be quite interesting lol. But obviously don't waste time😂

Hi sir, please can you do a prediction on question 5 paper 2 ?

do you not need to have like an overarching point for your answer to be considered perceptive. Surely if you are just randomly analysing language without cohesion that wont score?

is there anything in the markscheme about how you layout your answer? i know that in geography if you answered a six mark like this you would get capped at half marks so i was wondering if english is the same… if not this is a brilliant method

if in the extract there is multiple uses of a technique can I write about the same technique used at different points multiple times with different explanations to score marks? amazing video thank you

Just came back to say I got grade 9s in both my English exams, you fully saved literature for me, I’d never gotten above a 6 until the real thing! Thank you!

So if you wrote 12 simple points with just : point, quote, explanation in one sentence for each point you could get 12 marks? Like choosing 12 separate quotes and writing one sentence for each one?

Do you have to talk about effect on reader ???

Thank you for being my teacher for the past year 😊😊

When we write these responses, do we need two different points throughout our response e.g. the sweets are dangerous. And the sweet's effects are permanent and long-lasting but also the addiction for them. Or if we find enough quotes and explanations, only talk about their dangerous nature. Or could be do 8 for danger and 4 for their permanent effects?

Is it okay to answer this question like the way Mr. Salles by numbering the points quote and explanation?

should i only explain my methods in a few lines as shown in the video, or should i do 12 explainations that are more lines each e.g 4-5

Can I apply your methods from paper 1 question 2 on this question? or is there a difference.

what if the examiner thinks the explanation is not detailed enough and refuses to give the mark

Mr salles my friend did this method perfectly, 12 explanations but only 7 marks. could it be that his work was not marked by a chief examiner? or maybe just a few bad explanations?

so paragraphs is not in the mark scheme?

Can please any one guide me about a star equivalency test.

Thank you Mr Salles !!!

mr everything english suggests doing 3 PRTEZEL paragraphs for this question, which is better? this or the 12 explanations

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does this go for lang paper 1 q2 exactly

Hello do you know what paper that model answer was written on?

"Mr salles slanders AQA for 15 minutes"

Mr Salles, could i comment on direct address as a technique?

Mr Salles, will the English exams stay the same or will they change in the future (Literature and Language)?

is it alright if we talk about same method for example Metaphor is every 12 paragrahps If i do not use a range of techniques will I loose marks.

How do you think the grade boundaries will be this year?

is mr EE correct with the PRTEZEL paragraph?(z is the zoom in on a word) as you said that nouns and verbs etc does not count as a method

Is it okay to analyze an adjective within a method? Like if there was a simile like ‘as daunting as a lion’ could I analyze the adjective of ‘daunting’ as long as I have identified that it is a simile

mr salles your so good at teaching, how long you been teaching?

wow! I was just practicing a q3 from 2021 paper when this came out!

hi what order should we do the questions for paper 2

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thank you!

Mr Salles, thank you for all the help.

can repetition count as a language technique

thank you mr salles

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Gonna use this method today pretty scared

Let's hope this paper goes smoothly 🙏

Legend saving my English Language.

if I were to write my answer as 12 numbered explanations, would the examiners accept that as an answer, or is it just how you're showing what you need to include in your answer?

First one to comment? Well i guess I am :)

Hey Sir, would you mind marking this question 3 for me, its form the June 2018 series? I have adapted to your approach slightly, but am not sure. The writer uses language to describe the sea, more specifically the breaker, to appear treacherous and something the surfers should be fearful of. The personification of “its mighty impulse” suggests that the breaker is calculated and almost meticulous as it carries the surfers to sea roughly at a “rate of 40 miles an hour”. By presenting the sea this way, the writer creates glory and honour for surfers, some who are described to be “daring”. This adjective implies how surfers take going to sea and on top of the breaker as an act of chivalry, showing that they do it with courage and skill. The writer may be therefore suggesting that these surfers are doing an action that cannot be done by the unskillful and inexperienced. The writer continues to present the breaker and the sea to be intimidating and powerful by utilising personification of “engulfment by the fierce breaker”. This imagery implies how harsh the conditions were of the sea and further emphasises how surfers go into sea at their own risk. The adjective “fierce” suggests how the sea is almost combatting the surfers ability to be on top of the breaker as it implies it is fighting with an admiring quality. Again, this glorifies the surfers, showing to readers how they attempt to do the unthinkable. However, in the end, the writer uses the simile, “head bobbing about like corks in smooth water” to suggest the ultimate defeat of the surfers and show that the sea has been victorious in the battle between them.

Sorry I’m confused do you want us to literally set our work out in 2 lines per piece ?

are 12 explanations really necessary?

I'm a tutor and I have to agree - I'm so sick of pupils asking me, "how many paragraphs should I write ?" 🫤