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Question 1

Register question

Answer 1

1. Identify register (formal/informal/mixed)

2. Substantiate- refer to specific examples

Question 2

A question which refers to diction

Answer 2

1. Refer to specific words and their connotations/synonyms

2. Use quotation marks when you quote

Question 3

Tone question

Answer 3

Tone- emotion expressed by author

1. Positive, neutral or negative?
2. Describe a specific emotion/attitude (angry, sarcastic, vengeful, scolding)
3. Quote specific examples to support your argument.
4. Explain the significance of your example (how it illustrates the specific emotion you referred to)

Question 4

Mood

Answer 4

Emotion evoked in reader

Question 5

Irony question

Answer 5

1. Definition of irony - irony is the opposite of what you would expect
2. Describe the situation
3. Explain what you would expect- in this instance you would expect…
4. Explain what is happening/the opposite of the expectation- However, the opposite seems to take place…

Question 6

Discuss a pun

Answer 6

Pun- play on words

1. Refer to both meanings of the word/phrase

Question 7

Comparison question

Answer 7

1. Definition of the comparison- metaphor, simile, personification
2. Which two things are being compared?
3. On what basis does the comparison exist?
4. Is it effective?

Question 8

Sound device question

Answer 8

It intensifies the image and unifies the sense of…

Question 9

Discuss the link between heading and article/title and poem

Answer 9

1. Analyse the heading/title-explain what it refers to/message (refer to synonyms and connotations)
2. Link it to very specific examples from the article/poem
3. Quote and discuss/explain your quotes

Question 10

Intertextual (visual/text) question

Answer 10

1. Describe the visual - refer to specific visual clues and the intended message of the image
2. Link this to specific lines from the poem/comprehension. Quote specific examples and discuss your quotes.

Question 11

Paradox questions

Answer 11

The apparent contradiction is…, however,…therefore it is successful.

Question 12

A question about rhetorical questions

Answer 12

A rhetorial question serves to make a point, rather than to get an answer. Here the point being made is…

Question 13

Rhyme questions

Answer 13

1. Rhythm creates tone and meaning through speeding up or slowing down the reading
2. A regular rhyme scheme could create a song-like, lyrical

Question 14

Questions regarding structure

Answer 14

1. Typography/indentation
2. Form
3. Stanzas
4. Sentence length- effect
5. Repetition- what is being emphasised
6. Punctuation- used to slow down the rhythm or to create short bursts of sentences that actually speed up the rhythm/what does a lack of punctuation indicate?
7. How does all of this support the message or create a specific atmosphere or link to the title

Question 15

Enjambment questions

Answer 15

1. The run-on-line could help to make the poem sound like a real speech by a real character; to create the effect of improvised, natural speech.
2. Placement: It could also help to emphasise certain words by the reader almost pausing before they read it and by placing certain words at the beginning or the end of a line where there is naturally more emphasis.
3. Speed up pace and rhythm
4. Slow down pace and rhythm