Useful terms for the reading section of the exam

Useful terms for the reading section of the exam

Language features to describe:
Interesting verbs
Nouns
Interesting phrases
Comparisons
Use of speech
Metaphors
Similes
Adverbs

Simple/complex vocabulary

Emotive language

Repetition

Language features to inform:
Titles/ links
Statements/declaratives
Opinions
Statistics

Facts
Proper nouns (names)
Rhetorical questions
Addressing the reader directly
Using colloquial language

Repetition

Language features to persuade:
Direct address
List of three
Alliteration
Comparisons
Imperatives

Repetition

Presentational features:
Logo
Headline
Sub-headings
Bold introductory paragraph
Fonts
Colour
Images (photos and graphics)
Captions

Bullet points
Separate boxes
Background shading

Dropped capitals

Quotations pulled out from the text