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Controlled assessment handy hints

This guide focuses on improving your analytical skills for the controlled assessment worth 15% of your English Language GCSE. To achieve a high grade, you need to critically analyze the playwright's work rather than narrating the story. Refer to the author constantly, explore audience responses, and present nuanced interpretations. Handy phrases for analysis are provided to assist you in articulating your thoughts clearly. Master these techniques to excel in your assessments, which will also benefit your future studies in Language and Literature.

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Controlled assessment handy hints

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  1. Controlled assessment handy hints

  2. Improving my analytical skills Objective: To critically reflect on current skills and learn how to improve upon analytical skills.

  3. Facts • This piece of controlled assessment is worth 15% of your final GCSE for English Language. • We estimate you need to get 18/30 (a high band 3) at least to get a C. • The skills you develop in this task will be used throughout the rest of your GCSE for Language and Literature.

  4. To succeed you must… • Avoid telling the story • Treat the play as a piece of art that can be deconstructed, studied and analysed in close detail. • Refer to the author regularly (almost every sentence!) • Explore the audience’s response. • Come up with interesting and subtle interpretations.

  5. Handy phrases… • Priestley aimed to show audiences… • This is further emphasised when Priestley writes… • This is effective because…. • This implies… • Priestley used these words because…

  6. Priestley uses words such as… which… Depicts Suggests Represents Shows Highlights Reveals Portrays Exposes Describes Illustrates

  7. Example… Priestley immediately makes Mr. Birling an unlikable character to the audience as he is described as a ‘heavy looking, rather portentous man.’ The fact that he is ‘heavy looking’ hints at his rich lifestyle but also suggests that he is physically intimidating. Priestly uses words like ‘portentous’ and ‘provincial’ to highlight how important Birling thinks he is, which is further emphasised in his long speeches as a ‘hard-headed man of business’ when the family are celebrating Sheila’s engagement to Gerald.

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