What AO2 asks you to do
What AO2 asks you to do
For Pearson Edexcel GCSE English Language 1EN0, AO2 asks you to explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers. Language includes choices such as words, imagery and sentence forms; structure concerns how ideas and events are arranged and developed.
Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel GCSE English Language 4.1.3 AO2: analyse language and structure using subject terminology. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the non-fiction reading and comparison skills before moving on to extended writing, since Component 2 carries the larger 60% weighting and technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar is assessed throughout.