Grade Boosting Phrases

Big Ideas Unseen Poetry

What are the explicit ideas in the poem?
What does the poem imply?
Writing Mat
How does the poem make you feel? •This word/phrase suggests that…
What are the key themes it addresses? •This word/phrase means that…
•The meaning of this word/phrase is…
•This vocabulary is chosen by the writer to suggest…
What is the question •The writer uses (language example) to focus the reader’s attention
on…
Structure and Form asking you to look for? •This image/idea is reinforced by the writer’s use of…
The Question
What is the focus at the beginning of the poem? What words from the
How is it organised? Are there stanzas?
What shape is the poem? Does this reflect the content?
question must you
Does it rhyme? How? Why? refer to in your
Is it a specific genre of poetry e.g. sonnet?
Can you spot any patterns in sentence openings?
answer?
• The writer repeats (structure example) to draw attention to…
Is there a volta (turn) in the poem?
• (Language example) is repeated to emphasise the key idea of…
What is the focus at the end of the poem?
• This use of (language example) reminds the reader that…
• The writer wants the reader to recognise that…
• Language has been used to persuade the reader to… like/agree…

Language/Word Analysis ‘It paints a picture in • The use of (language example) used to describe (subject)
reinforces the reader’s awareness of…
the reader’s head’ • Through the contrasting use of (language example) the writer is
able to reflect the character’s…
Where is the writer using language to communicate their big ideas?
• The writer’s use of (structure example) is further reinforced
Are there any semantic or lexical field? ‘It makes the reader through the use of (form example)…
Which words combine to form patterns in language?
How does the writer’s choice words/devices make the reader feel? want to reader on’ • By using the (language example) and (form example) the writer is
able to contrast…
What connotations does a given word/phrase create in the reader?