Literacy - improve your vocabulary homework booklet, literature key word focus

This resource has been designed as a take home booklet for students studying/ who will be studying GCSE English literature, focused on learning a variety of key vocabulary to assist them with the course.

It consists of 10 lists of carefully selected vocabulary, the learning of which will enhance essay writing skills specifically tailored toward literature (although of use to a large portion of the language course also). Each list provides the key word with an example or definition. Most lists have between 10 and 15 words to learn. The lists could be learnt weekly and tested in lessons, or the booklet could just be supplied as a supplementary course resource for those hoping to improve their grades.

The lists are titled as follows (with an example word from each list):

1. evaluative verbs (e.g. suggests)
2. key language/ structure terms (e.g. alliteration)
3. Shakespeare (e.g. Jacobean)
4. evaluative verbs - disagreeing with a writer (e.g. conversely)
5. connectives (e.g. consequently)
6. poetry (e.g. enjambement)
7. effect (e.g. empathy)
8. modern/ Victorian texts (e.g. denouement)
9. words of frequency (e.g. recurring)
10. sharpen your vocabulary (e.g. callous)

There is also a useful diagram to suggest a way to learn the vocab and a sheet on the back giving 128 alternatives to using the word ‘very’.