2. Analysis
Analysis questions ask about technique-
HOW the writer conveys meaning and
effect
Use the similar steps to approach these:
Quote, identify the technique used, explain
how / what it does in this text, and the
effect it has.
QIRE (quote, identify, role, explain)
3. Sentence Structure
Comment on the sentence structure of…
Asks not what the sentence is about but
HOW IT IS PUT TOGETHER
4. Comment on…
Different types of sentence
How sentences can be separated or linked
with different types of punctuation
How the component parts of a sentence
can be arranged according to various
patterns
How writers use different sentence
structures
5. Types of Sentence
Copy notes from P17 of Language Skills
book about the types of sentences,
including examples.
Complete the “For Practice” section on
P17-18. Copy each sentence and label it
with the correct type.
6. Types of Sentence Contd.
Look at P18
Make a note of what COMPLEX and
SIMPLE sentences are
7. Revision Quiz
Name the five types of sentence.
Why might a writer use a minor sentence?
What does sentence have that a minor
sentence does not?
8. Sentence Patterns
Make notes from P19 about different
sentence patterns you may come across.
Make sure you note down what
INVERSION, LIST, REPETITION and
CLIMAX are.
9. Parts of Speech
Stick the hand out on “The Naming of
Parts” into your folder.
Complete exercises on the next page.
Take part in the class revision activity on
“The Oscars” (starters central, Nat4/5)
10. Punctuation
Take notes from P21- 22 about the roles of
inverted commas, colons, semi-colons, single
and two dashes.
You can use the following formula to help you
answer these types of question:
The writer uses …(technique)………..to show….
(what it does/ its job in the text). The effect is…
(why they put the technique in here / explain)
11. Practise time!
Try an example question as a class and
copy it down as a model. Label each part of
the answer to show the three stages in the
formula- identify technique, say what its job
is in the sentence, explain the effect.
Try numbers 2-10 in pairs.
12. Checklist for tackling sentence
structure questions
Can you identify the type of sentence: statement, question,
exclamation, command, minor sentence?
Does the writer use rhetorical questions?
How is punctuation used to divide the sentence up?
Did you notice anything about the order of the words-
inversion, climax, anti-climax?
Does the author vary the length of his / her sentences?
Is parenthesis used?
Remember- don’t tell the examiner what it says, tell them
about how the sentences are put together!