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What is the paragraph structure you should be using for question 4?

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Point: What is my answer to the question?
Evidence: What quotation(s) am I going to use to prove my point?
Technique: What technique(s) are being used in the quotation?
A1 (effect of the technique): How does this technique work to make the content successful?
A2 (word level analysis): Which one word of the quotation is most interesting? What connotations does this word have?
A3 (effect on the reader): How might the reader feel/be influenced by this quotation?
Link: What is you answer to the question again? Use words of the question to link back

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What are the sentence starters for the PETAAAL structure?

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Point: Language/Structural techniques are used consistently to help describe…
Evidence: When…
Technique: The writer employs…
A1 (effect of technique): Through the use of… The writer…
A2 (word-level analysis): Furthermore, the use of….. has connotations of….. which suggests
A3 (effect on the reader): The reader would perhaps feel…
Link to question: Thus language devices are employed to..

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3
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What is alliteration?

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When the first letter of each word is the same

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4
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What is sibiliance?

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Repetition of the ‘s’ sound

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What is an Anaphora?

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The repetition of a word/phrase at the start of sentences/verses

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What is Assonance?

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When the vowel sound is repeated, ie the sharp, dark carp

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What is colloquial language?

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Informal language

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What is dialect?

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A version of a language spoken in a particular area

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What is dialogue?

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A conversation between two or more people

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What is dissonance?

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Discordant sound, ie the clash and the spew

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What is an Enjambment?

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When the sentence continues beyond the line/stanza

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What is a caesura?

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A sudden stop in a sentence or line usually denoted by a full stop or comma

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What is hyperbole?

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Exaggeration for a purpose

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What are litotes?

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Understating something for an effect

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What is imagery?

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What you make the reader picture in their mind

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What is dramatic irony?

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The audience is aware of something the character isn’t

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What is a metaphor?

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A figurative resemble - not to be taken seriously

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What is a similie?

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Using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare two things

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What is an allegory?

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An extended metaphor that shows the message of the play/book

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What is a monologue?

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When one character is speaking - usually for a bit longer than the average dialogue, often a speech

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What is a soliloquy?

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When a character is speaking their personal, inner thoughts aloud, often on their own onstage

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What is an aside?

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A character talking to the audience without the other characters hearing - usually a short line or phrase

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What is onomatoepia?

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A word that sounds like the noise it is describing, eg. bang, pow, hiss

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What is an oxymoron?

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Opposing ideas in the same sentence/phrase/word - ie. bittersweet

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What is juxtaposition?

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Two opposing ideas presented together - in contrast

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What is pathos?

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Language that evokes pity or sorrow

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What is personification?

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Attributing human characteristics to an object

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What is repetition?

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Repeating words or phrases

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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The pattern of rhyming in a poem

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What is a meter?

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Specific amounts of stresses and syllables in a poem

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What is iambic pentameter?

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Ten syllables in a line, five stressed, five unstressed

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What is symbolism?

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Using something to represent something else

33
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What is a motif?

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A repeated idea/symbol throughout

34
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What is tone?

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The mood of a text

35
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What is register?

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An author’s choice of language depending on the context they’re trying to create

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What is hamartia?

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A fatal flaw that a character has

37
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What is verse?

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Capital at the start, iambic pentameter, formal, people of the upper classes, courtly love

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What is prose?

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Free-flowing sentences, informal, lower classes, when people are relaxed and comfortable around

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What is triplication?

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Listing things in groups of three

40
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What are examples of structural techniques?

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  • openings
  • shifts
  • repetition
  • sentence lengths
  • temporal references
  • order of events
  • pace
  • shifts
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What are the effects of structural techniques?

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  • Openings: to engage the reader, makes them think of questions
  • repetition: can highlight key themes/ideas
  • sentence lengths: used to reveal shocking information