Non-Fiction Texts Techniques English GCSE

What specific techniques do.

How do sentence fragments change the pace and feeling?

Create a sense of urgency.

Repetition build momentum.

Semantic field of fragility. Structure emphasising disappointment.

Delicacy and vulnerability.

Isolation.

Short, blunt sentences contrast with earlier detailed and poetic descriptions.

Final one word is disbelief and let-down.

Listing / enumeration

Emphasis

What is juxtaposition and what effect does it create?

Placing two contrasting or unrelated ideas side-by-side to highlight their similarities or differences. (e.g. sweet and sour sauce)

What does a separate line (sometimes) do to the reader?

Hooks reader. Shows significance.

caesura / rhetorical question

Caesura: Pause / line break, rhythmic interruption. Doesn’t have to be a rhetorical question; any sort of punctuation that causes a break.

Rhetorical question makes them think critically at the topic.

Tricolon and effect

“Rule of three”. (e.g Be sincere, be brief, be seated)
Group of 3 related terms.
Allows emphasis in a memorable way.

What is the effect of imperative verbs?

Directly encourage and motivate the audience.