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Key Vocabulary: 'Frankenstein' Model analytical paragraph
English Key Terminology you need to know.
Non-negotiables The writer uses adverbs to present the monster as monstrous
You need to look up and learn any of these you are unfamiliar 1 Gothic Involves mystery, horror and gloom and frightening. This is demonstrated by 'his yellow skin

with. scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries
2 Genre A type of literature, music, film, etc., that has its own class beneath'. The adverb 'scarcely' tells us that the Monster's
because of certain characteristics
AFORESTER techniques Other important Command words Word classes Discourse Markers arteries are visible through his skin, as if the skin has been
techniques 3 Prologue An introduction at the beginning of a play or book stretched across them and only just fits. This suggests he has a

Alliteration Simile Describe Noun Firstly, 4 Epilogue A conclusion at the end of a play or book very frightening appearance. The writer may have done this to
Facts Metaphor Analyse Proper noun Secondly, 5 Audience A group of people that are watching, reading or listening to you make the reader feel disgust at the Monster and emphasise
how gruesome his appearance is. They may have wanted to
Opinions Hyperbole Explain Pronoun Finally, 6 Ominous Gives the feeling that something bad will happen

Repetition Onomatopoeia Identify Abstract noun Similarly, emphasise how large and strong the Monster is too. We know
Grow your vocabulary that when the novel was written, there were many scientific
Emotive language Stanza Evaluate Adjective However,
experiments to bring animals back to life. Perhaps the writer
Statistics Personification Discuss Determiner Whereas, 7 Immoral Not good or right
used such vivid descriptions to frighten the reader at the time.
Triplets Imagery Justify Conjunction On the other hand,
8 Reckless Doesn't think about what will happen if they do something
Exaggeration Enjambment Define Verb Also, Questions to ask ourselves about Literature

Rhetorical questions Narrator Infer Modal verb Moreover, 9 Monstrous Frightening, ugly and shocking • What does the text make you feel?

Caesura Suggest Adverb Furthermore, 10 Naïve Having no experience • What idea is being presented about a certain character?
State In addition, • What theme or idea does the text explore?
11 Vulnerable Weak and without protection
Compare • How does the writer convey certain emotions?

Useful websites: 12 Remorseful Feeling guilty and sorry for something you have done wrong • How does the writer use certain methods?
https://www.grammar-monster.com • How are the ideas being expressed?
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference 13 Solitude Being alone
https://libguides.hull.ac.uk/grammar • Why does the writer want to make you feel that way?
14 Vengeful To want to hurt someone because they hurt you (want revenge) • Why does the writer use language that way?