Subject specific vocabulary should only ever SUPPORT learners' thinking about the meaning of a poem. There are no marks for merely spotting techniques used by the writer. Commenting in detail on specific words and phrases used by the writer will lead to learners analysing the language for AO2. However, if in their annotations they see a technique being used, it would be sensible to comment on it.

Things they could reference include:

• Word class like a noun, verb, adjective, adverb
• Formal or informal expressions
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Sentence structures like commands, questions, repetition
• The viewpoint (First, second, third person)
• How it begins and ends
• The use of rhyme or rhythm
• The division of stanzas