How to Revise Writing — WJEC GCSE English Literature
Writing is a topic in the WJEC GCSE English Literature specification. This guide covers learning objectives, examiner tips, common mistakes, and key terminology to help you revise effectively.
Examiner Tips for Writing
- Ensure you can distinguish between literal and inferential comprehension
- Practice identifying and evaluating how figurative language, structure, and form contribute to the impact of a text
- Develop the ability to compare and contrast texts by referring to theme, characterisation, context, and style
- Use precise literary and linguistic terminology (e.g., metaphor, meter, irony, persona, synecdoche, pathetic fallacy)
- Focus on supporting all points of view with specific evidence from the text
Key Marking Points
- Maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response
- Use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations
- Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects
- Use relevant subject terminology where appropriate
- Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written
- Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect