Alternate Program: Paper 1 Section 1 Comprehension

o Visual Techniques Layout (complex or simple) Body Language (facial, direction of gaze) Types of shots (long to short) Composition (simple, complex, collage) Symbolism (what does it represent) Reading paths (directions, pointing) Focus (where is your eye drawn to) Contrast (colours, tones) Lighting (light, dark, multi-coloured) Split Images (foreground and background) Positioning of objects The entirety: the mise en scene o General Literary techniques Form Purpose Method o SWIMTAG Sounds: alliteration, assonance Word Choice: Diction (formal, informal, emotional, literal, figurative, positive, negative) Word Order: First and last words in sentence, repetition Imagery: Metaphors, similes, long descriptions Mood: Diction and verbs Meter/Rhyme: (in poetry) syllables, line length, rhyming structure Theme: Ideas, motifs, sub-ideas Tone: What is the authors attitude to whats going on Allusions: Classical, religious, Proper Nouns Grammar: Bizarre grammatical structures e.g. demands, questions o Speeches Purpose 2nd or 1st person Use of rhetoric o Poetry Use SWIMTAG The Checklist Endings of Lines Development of Ideas Language Sentence Size Rhyme Then Imagery The Nuclear Option o Prose Characters Understanding what actions are taken, by whom and

what the episode represents Language Tone Purpose Irony