Higher Word Choice - LT Scotland
HigherWord Choice
What is a Word ChoiceQuestion? When you are asked to identify words usedby the writer because of their effect. You have to identify the words, the effectthey have and explain how they achieve thiseffect.
How to answer a Word ChoiceQuestion: Focus on individual words. No marks for simply picking out a word. Compare your word to a more neutral word,e.g. ‘strode’ compared to ‘walked.’
Things to consider in a wordchoice question:1.Colloquial language / slang. An informal toneis created. Perhaps uses second person (you),informal reference to a person e.g. using theirfirst name or a nickname, abbreviations.2. Emotive language – strong words to stir /manipulate emotions. These words will havestrong connotations. Emotive language oftenreveals the writer’s attitude to their topic.
3. Jargon – technical / formal language.4. Archaisms – old fashioned words.5. Dialect – the opposite to standard English;English spoken in a particular area, e.g.Glaswegian dialect. This makes languagemore expressive, lively and natural.
Word Choice Formula1. Identify the word(s) or phrase(s) / attitude fromthe text. This means you pick out the importantwords or phrases and put them into quotationmarks.2. Denotation - give a literal meaning of the word(often a definition.)3. Explain why the word is effective in the passage.Do this by giving connotations of the word.Connotations are the words that spring to mindwhen you read / hear certain words. E.g. Dove freedom, peace, happiness. Red danger, upset,fear.4. Use the connotations to show how it conveys aparticular attitude / feeling etc.
Word Choice ExampleWhen did we start worrying about binge drinking? Not whenI was growing up, when the wilder adolescents of the townwould congregate in the swing parks to swig vodka chaseddown with lime cordial. Not at university, when we all gotblitzed on whatever the union bar was promoting thatmonth at knock-down prices. None of this was consideredbinge drinking – we never used the phrase.Nor do I recall the many respectable middle class people atthe posh functions I occasionally attend referring to theirconsumption of champagne and wine in these terms. Or,on more relaxed summer evenings, when neighboursdistribute chilled white wine at garden barbeques or tippleon front steps until the light eventually fades no, that’snot binge drinking either.Show how the writer’s word choice in these lines creates aclear contrast between the drinking habits of the young andthose of the middle aged.
Word Choice answer:Young people – ‘swig’ means rushed,undignified; ‘Blitzed’ is slang and meanslack of control or immaturity; ‘knock-down’implies cheapness, lack of sophistication. Middle aged – ‘Posh’ means upmarket,attended by well-off, socially respectablepeople; ‘Functions’ means high class andmore dignified that ‘party’; ‘distribute’ is adignified process, contrasts to ‘hangaround;’ ‘Tipple’ suggests restrained,innocuous and harmless.
Word Choice Example Two:Binge drinking is what other people do. They arealways in documentaries about cheap packageholidays, where teenagers share goldfish bowls ofspirits masked with something sickeningly sugary.Binge drinkers are the young people staggering,brawling, yelping incoherently though our citycentres late on Saturday night. They are the afteroffice pub crowd of giggling ladettes.Show how the writer’s use of language conveys hercontempt for any one of the groups.
Answer:‘People in documentaries’ ‘Cheap’ – implies tackiness as well as being inexpensive. ‘Package holidays’ has connotations of lacking good tasteand not being selective. ‘Goldfish bowls’ – excess of behaviour, ridiculous,degrading. ‘Something sickeningly sugary’ – distasteful, over sweet,sickening, mocking. ‘Young people staggering’ – out of control, uncoordinated. ‘Staggering, brawling, yelping’ – sense of restless,aggressive behaviour. ‘Yelping incoherently’ – primitive, uncontrolled, irritatingsound.
Example ThreeOne of the most disturbing examples of our holidays causingproblems for local people is that of Burma. A beautiful country,Burma is described in brochures as ‘The Golden Land.’ But life forthe Burmese is far from golden. Torture, murder and rape areeveryday occurrences at the hands of the military junta. Over thepast few years the junta has forced hundreds of thousands ofBurmese to labour on tourism projects and millions more have beenforced from their homes to make way for widened roads, hoteldevelopments and other tourist-related infrastructure. Burma’shuman rights abuses are therefore directly related to developingholidays.Show how the author’s choice of words reveals her attitude to theeffect of tourism on the local people of Burma. (4 marls)
Answer ‘Disturbing’ – shows distasteContrasts the beauty of Burma with ‘farfrom Golden’ life of the population.‘everyday occurrences’ to describe humanrights abuses.Stresses lack of personal freedom by‘forced.’
Word Choice Formula 1. Identify the word(s) or phrase(s) / attitude from the text. This means you pick out the important words or phrases and put them into quotation marks. 2. Denotation - give a literal meaning of the word (often a definition.) 3. Explain why the word is effective in the passage. Do
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