Once you have finished watching the video above, complete the following tasks.

When you have finished, post your answer in the comments section below.

• Open one of your scrap writing documents.
• Write, in your own words, pick a key quote from one of your texts and analyse it while ensuring you address the following criteria:
  • Begin with a topic sentence, introducing the key idea about your paragraph.
  • Name the technique the author uses in the quote.
  • Embed the quote in a sentence + any ideas is demonstrates, portrays, illustrates, etc
  • Zoom in and perceptively/insightfully analyse an individual word, sound, etc
  • Explore, in detail, the effects of the author’s methods on the reader.
  • Explore some possible reasons why the author may have wanted to create these effects.
    • Read ‘Authors’ Purposes of Writing’ in the Sophicly GCSE English Mastery Toolkit.
  • Remember to write in full sentences, not bullet points or lists.
  • Remember to give a good amount of detail.
  • Put your answers together into a detailed paragraph.
• You can use Quillbot to help improve the quality of your writing.
• Ensure SPAG is as perfect as possible.
• Discuss your answer with your tutor and ask for feedback.
• Post your answer in the comments section below.
• Mark this lesson ‘complete’ when you are done with all of the above.