english prep Flashcards
exam
metaphors
metaphors is a way to compare two things by saying one thing is something else. for example if you want to say someone runs fast you could compare them to a bullet
give evidence/find an expression question
give evident or find an expression question means you quote a WORD from the passage only write a FEW words do not write an sentence
summary questions
this is another ‘own word’ paragraphs this time thought you have to look at a lot of > information to find the answer > use bullet points > look a marking scheme > if four marks find 4 marks > then put them into ur own words
sentence length
short sentences
sentence typr
commands, questions , rhetorical questions, exclamations
patterns
listening , climax , anti-climax , repetition
punctuation
this use of question colons, semi - colons, ellips )
minor sentence
all sentence have verb or subject or isn’t in a sentence if it doesn’t it’s makes a minor sentence
list
always shows an amount of something the short sentence always emphasises
statement
tell you something used in narrative/ factual writing most sentences are statements so it’s usually if other type of sentence are used that you will need to comment to create an calm
inversion
this is an unusual pattern of words normally in a sentence the subject ( the noun doing the verb) is stated before the verb , example “the baby rocked back and forth however a delay in identifying the subject can alter the focus of emphasis in the sentence
repetition
repeated words patterns in order to focus’s emphasis and or the elicit a specific repetition from the leader
repetition of word or phase
repeated ideas will be emphasised or spotlight
list impact
shoes the amount of things
unusual words impact
alters emphasis may build tension