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Analyse how word choices, rhetorical devices and imagery influence the reader.

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Section A Reading non-fiction and literary non-fiction

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Analysing language in non-fiction

AQA GCSE English LanguagePaper 2 Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives

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Analyse how word choices, rhetorical devices and imagery influence the reader. In Analysing language in non-fiction, this is a language analysis objective: students need to name the method and explain its precise reader effect. The distinctive focus words are analyse, word, choices, rhetorical, devices, imagery, influence, reader, choice, rhetoric. Use them to keep revision tied to this exact target rather than drifting into plot summary. A strong answer should use short quotation, word choice, imagery or sentence detail, explain the effect or purpose, and connect the point back to Section A Reading non-fiction and literary non-fiction. For Paper 2 Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives, the checkpoint is: Can the student move from method to effect to writer purpose without drifting into retelling? Practise it as "Analyse / Word / Choices / Rhetorical / Devices" by writing one precise sentence that states the skill, one sentence that proves it, and one sentence that explains why it matters for the reader, audience or examiner.

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word choice focusword choice exam use

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  • word choice: summary instead of analysis: Correct this by selecting a brief detail, explaining its effect, and linking the point back to "Analyse how word choices, rhetorical devices and imagery influence the reader."

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