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    This document provides guidance on analyzing the effects that writers create in passages and how to answer examination questions about writer's effects. It defines writer's effect as the impression created by an author's words. It lists possible effects such as describing an experience, atmosphere, opinion, or emotion. It also lists sensory impressions an author's words could convey, such as sights, sounds, smells, or feelings. The document advises reading the question carefully, precisely identifying effects using quotes, and explaining how the quotes create the stated effect through word meanings, intensities, or associations. It emphasizes analyzing multiple effects that may be created simultaneously.

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    IGCSE Language Examination Q 2 (10 marks)

    Using reading skills: understanding how writers achieve effects


    Writers effect:
    The effect on the reader created by an
    authors words. This effect could be to
    stimulate our senses or convey a scene,
    idea or emotion.
    After reading a passage you need to work out what effect the writer has created.
    Here is a checklist of possibilities:
    An experience has been described
    An atmosphere has been created
    A statement of fact has been made
    An opinion / emotion has been conveyed
    A reaction has been provoked
    Next you need to work out what impression has been made on your mind or senses.
    Here is a checklist of possibilities:
    You can see the scene that has been described
    You can hear the sounds that have been described (onomatopoeia, alliteration,
    consonance, assonance)
    You can almost smell or taste something that was described (vivid description)
    You can almost physically or emotionally feel something described (vivid
    description)
    Finally you need to understand what caused this effect on you. Here is a checklist of
    possible causes:
    The specific meaning of a word
    The associations created by a word
    The rhythm and pace of words and sentence structures
    The positioning of words, phrases, sentences and lines on the page
    Sample Question:
    By referring closely to the language used by the writer, explain how she communicates:
    a) The violence of the girls actions
    b) Her feelings about the girls behaviour.

    You are first told where to look language used by the writer
    In the first part of the question you are given information about the
    impressions produced on the mind or senses violence- so you need to
    look for instances of this feature of the writing and explain how they
    create the effect of violence
    The second part of the question does not tell you exactly what to look for;
    however it does give you a clue that a feeling is shown. You have to work
    out which feeling and how it is expressed.

    Tips for success:


    1. Read the question carefully

    Remember you are looking for 3 things:

    2. Be as precise as possible when


    identifying effects
    3. Quote selectively from the passage

    4. Explain how the writer creates the


    effect

    Look out for more than one effect

    Does the question tell you


    what effect you are looking
    for?
    Does the question tell you
    where to look for the effect?
    Does the question tell you
    how the effect is created?

    This shows the examiner that you have


    thought carefully about the words of the
    passage and have reached a conclusion
    about their effect
    You will only ever need to quote single
    words or brief phrases. If you are copying
    out more than this then you are not
    showing that you can accurately judge how
    an effect is being created. You are simply
    showing where the effect might be.
    Once you have identified the effect that has
    been produced and where the proof of it
    can be found, you must then explain how
    the proof shows the effect that you have
    claimed is there. Three types of proof:
    Use the precise meaning of a word
    (denotation) to explain how it
    creates the effect (identify specific
    words / synonyms / antonyms /
    groups of words that are similar /
    different in meaning and create a
    similar / contrasting effect)
    Use the intensity of a word to
    explain how it creates the effect
    (think of synonyms on a continuum)
    Use the associations (connotation)
    of a word to explain how it creates
    the effect e.g.:
    A set of visual images (figurative
    language)
    Sensory impressions (figurative
    language, synesthesia)
    Distinctive atmospheres / emotions
    (cumulative)
    Be aware that there may be more than one
    effect in the same piece of writing; words
    and phrases an do a lot of different things at
    the same time (if love is described as being
    like a rose what possible connotations
    does this have?)

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