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What is tone?

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The feeling created by the tex

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What does tone do?

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Create a mood, shows attitude of the writer

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How can you identify tone?

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By looking at language

By looking at punctuation

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4
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What is style?

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How the text is written

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What does style include?

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Language choices, sentence forms, structure

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What is register?

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The specific language used to match the social situation

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What do words and phrases achieve?

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Different effects

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What are connotations?

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When a word has a different meaning than the one implied.

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What are semantic fields?

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Words used for effect

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What is cumulative effect?

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How words work together to create tone or affect the reader

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What is figurative language?

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Words and phrases used in a non literal way

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Types of figurative language?

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Metaphors, similes, personification, analogies

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13
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What does alliteration do?

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Grabs the readers attention

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What do onomatopoeias do

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Makes sentences more powerful, appeals to sense of hearing.

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What is irony?

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When the literal meaning is the opposite of what is meant

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How can you tell irony?

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By context

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What is irony used for?

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To express viewpoint, o make things humorous or light hearted.

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Types of irony?

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Dramatic, situational, verbal.

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What is sarcasm?

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Language that is mocking or scornful.

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What is sarcasm used for?

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To insult or make fun of someone.

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What can sarcasm show?

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That the writer is upset or angry.

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What is satire?

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Words used to make fun of a particular person or thing.

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23
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What does rhetoric do?

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Makes language more persuasive.

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24
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What is bias?

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Writing that doesn’t give a balanced view

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What does bias involve

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Not mentioning something that opposes their argument

Exaggerating something that supports their argument.

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What are possessive determiners

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My, your, our

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What do possessive determiners do

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Create familiarity between reader and writer

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What can verbs be used for

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Changing emotion depending on the word chosen

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What are intensifiers

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Makes writing more emotive and powerful

30
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Where are intensifiers used

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Alongside adjectives to make writing more emphasised

31
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What is an analogy

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Compares one idea to another, to make it easier to understand.

32
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What are analogies used for?

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To be powerful and memorable, to shockthe reader

33
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What is dramatic irony

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When the audience knows key info that the character doesn’t know

34
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What is situational irony

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When the actual result is different from the expected result

35
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What is verbal irony

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When the speakers intention is opposite to what they said

36
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What else can irony be used for

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To invert expectations, to create unexpected twists.

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Types of rhetorical?

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Questions, lists of three, hyperbole, antithesis, parenthesis

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WhT are rhetorical questions used for

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To make the reader engage with text, makes reader realise answers themselves, makes reader feel like they’re coming up with the answers on their own instead of being influenced.

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What are lists of three used for

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Emphasises the point they’re making

40
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What is a hyperbole

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Intentional exaggeration

41
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What is hyperbole used for

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Used to powerfully make a point.

42
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What is an antithesis

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Opposing words thrown together to show contrast.

43
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What is Parenthesis

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When an extra clause or phrase is added to an already complete sentence

44
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What is parenthesis used for

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To add extra intro or to address the reader

45
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Different types of text?

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Expository, persuasive, narrative, descriptive

46
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What is expository writing?

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Used to explain something. Full of facts/figures. In logical order or sequence

47
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What types of writing use expository language.

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Textbooks, news articles, business articles

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What is descriptive writing?

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Describes characters, events, places or situations. Author visualises what they see, hear, smell, feel and taste

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What writing is descriptive language used

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Poetry, fiction

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What is persuasive writing?

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Used to convince. Contains opinions and biases, justifications and reasons. Author asks you to agree or to do something.

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When is persuasive writing used

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Opinion articles, advertisements, reviews, recommendations, complaints

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What is narrative writing?

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Main purpose is to tell a story. Has characters and dialogues. Has beginnings, middles and ends.

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When is narrative writing used

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Novels, novellas, short stories, poetry, auto biography’s, biographies

54
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What are nouns

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Naming words. Refer to people, places, things and ideas

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What are pronouns

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A word that replaces a noun.

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What are possessive pronouns

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Pronouns that show ownership eg his/hers

57
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What are verbs

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Action (doing) words

58
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What are adjectives

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Describes nouns or pronouns

59
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What are adverbs

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Give extra info about a verb

60
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What is assonance

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The resemblance of sounds of syllables of nearby words

The rhyming of two or more stressed vowels as in: gO, mOW, enginEER, stEER.

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What is consonance

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The repetition of consonants.

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What are puns

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Exploits words with multiple or ambiguous meanings.

Words that sound or are spelt the same but have different meanings or words that mean the same but look different.

63
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What is allegory

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Can be used in story, picture or poem

A type of extended metaphor that uses character, place or event to represent real world events.

Often said to have hidden or underlining meanings

64
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What is a parable

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A short, concise story that is based on everyday life occurrences which attempts to convey a more abstract moral or spiritual lesson

65
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Fable

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Similar to parable but uses animals, planets or inanimate objects

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