GCSE/REVISION-essays/GRIMSHAW

CRIB SHEET GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Extended. Sentence collocations that you should be using in the examination.

• This conveys…
• The style is indicative of…
• Evidently….
• Primarily the text focuses on…
• In addition to...
• Exposing metaphorical facets of the text is simple…
• In drawing our attention to…. The writer evokes a feeling of….
• By looking closely at…
• Despite the fact that…
• It´s possible to deem from the text/article/adj/Adverb use/Word choice
• A sense of… ……is projected through…. …..
• An effective use of…
• It highlights that….
• They appeal to the senses…
• Given the nature of… one would expect..
• It creates a … atmosphere/ambience by…
• By analyzing…
• The fact that the… reinforces…
• Conveys/ portrays/ shows/ illustrates/ highlights/ demonstrates/ implies/ indicates/ suggest/ expresses/ depicts/ reveals/ evokes/ provokes/ invokes/denotes/outlines
• Try these in past tense.
• The effect of…
• In conclusion…
• The overall idea…
• Finally,
• This means…
• Consequently/as a consequence…
• Drawing together all the points…
• Effectively, the piece of text is…
• The final response to…
• TRY ADVERBIALS
• Stylistically/ Structurally/ Narratively/ Lexically/ Figuratively/ Literally/ Visually(only for poems and newspapers)/ exponentially/

“Pontsy words”


• Nevertheless
• Hence
• Therefore
• Moreover
• Albeit


• Plethora
• Abundance
• Paucity
• Several
• Smattering