English P1 skills

Evaluative vocabulary

• Effective

• successful

• fitting

• convincing

• appropriate

• powerful

• compelling - evoking interest, attention, or damiration in a powerful, irresistibleS way

• empatic - expressing something forcibly and clearly

• persuasive

• credible

• apt

• suitable

• apposite - highly appropriate

• valid

• applicable

• artful

• striking

Adjectives to define attitude

• dismissive

• reverent - feeling or showing profound respect

• worshipful

• scathing - witheringly scornful = severely critical

• cynical - believing that people are motivated purely by self interest; distrustful of human sincerity

• dubious - hesitating or doubting

• admiring

• scornful - feeling or expressing contempt or derision - mocking

• disparaging - expressing the opinion that something is of little worth = derogatory

• disgusted

• hopeful

• optimistic

• pessimistic

• disdainful - arrogant, scornful, act ean and superior

• concerned

• sympathetic

• sceptical

Word to describe tone and style

• sarcastic

• accepting

• despairing - expressing the opinion that something is of little worth = derogatory

• disinterested

• polite

• bubbly

• serious

• enthusiastic

• fearless

• patronising

• expectant

• confiding

• gloomy

• bleak

• half-hearted

• sorrowful

• demanding

• mysterious

• assertive

• joking

• sly

Words instead of emphasize

• Underline

• Underscore

• Undermine

• Highlight

• Stress

• Reiterate

• Repeat

• Articulate

• Insist

PIRATES

• Persuade - if persuasive (eg. an appeal), what is the overarching persuasive purpose

• Interplay - how convincing is the interplay between form and content - eg. text and images; structure and meaning

• Reflect - if reflective, what reflections are conveyed adn to what purpose?

• Audience - who is the intended audience demographic, and how are persuasive/education/emotive tactics employed to appeal to them

• Trust - how does the text establish the audience’s trust?

• Educate - How does the text use arguments, information and evidence to educate its audience?

• Stir - How and to what effect does the text stir an emotional response in the audince

Colour Psychology

• Red

  • passionate

  • active

  • exciting

  • bold

  • youthful

  • energy

  • physical

  • power

  • confidence

  • leader

• Pink

  • love

  • calm

  • respect

  • warmth

  • feminine

  • care

  • sensitive

  • nurture

  • possibilities

• Purple

  • deep

  • creativity

  • original

  • individual

  • wealth

  • compassion

  • fantasy

  • respectable

• Navy blue

  • trust

  • order

  • loyalty

  • sincerity

  • authority

  • peace

  • control

  • success

  • responsible

  • Masculine

  • calm

• Green

  • balance

  • growth

  • restore

  • generous

  • clarity

  • prosperity

  • safety

• Blue

  • spiriut

  • content

  • control

  • rescue

  • open

  • ambition

  • goals

  • determination

• orange

  • instinct

  • warmth

  • optimistic

  • extrovert

  • freedom

  • motivation

  • impulse

  • social

  • spontaneity

Monochromatic colour scheme

• uses variations of a single color for a harmonious look = simple and elegant, creates cohesion and balance

Analogous colour scheme

• uses adjacent colours on the colour wheel for harmony = harmonious, waterm, allows subtle variation

Complementary colour scheme

• uses colours opposite on the colour wheel for contrast = dynamic, striking, creates strong visual interest

Font choices

Features for analysis

• anecdotes

• use of evidence, quotations, facts

• credible sources

• illustrative detail

• tone

• emotive language

• images

• pull out quotations

• interactive features - eg. hyperlinks

• mode of address

• register

• lists

• expanding clause length

• use of punctuation

• order, organisation, structure

• word placement

• parallel structure, balanced construction

• repetition

• hypophora

• climax