Year 8 Revision Topics 

Topic: Women in Shakespeare

Concepts:

• Plot and structure

• Characterisation and themes

• Techniques/devices and their effects

• Shakespearean context

• Writing what? how? why? analytical paragraphs

Topic: Transactional (Persuasive) Writing

Concepts:

• Rhetorical techniques

• Sophisticated vocabulary

• Spelling, punctuation and grammar

• Effective use of sentencing

• Effective paragraphing