The mechanics of a strong analytical paragraph, the vocabulary of evaluation, and the difference between describing and analysing.
These are the statements the English Year 8 syllabus makes about Language and Argument. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Modality and certainty - Language and Argument, Year 8.
Figurative versus literal language - Language and Argument, Year 8.
Formal and informal register - Language and Argument, Year 8.
Rhetorical devices in speeches - Language and Argument, Year 8.
Paragraphing an analytical response - Language and Argument, Year 8.
Embedding quotations - Language and Argument, Year 8.
Introductions and conclusions - Language and Argument, Year 8.
Nominalisation and academic style - Language and Argument, Year 8.
Cohesive devices across an essay - Language and Argument, Year 8.
Rhetorical analysis of a speech - Language and Argument, Year 8.
Year 8 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on Language and Argument are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones English Year 8 uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Language and Argument is module 3 of 3 in English Year 8. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses English Year 8 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.