Module 2

Question 1

Analyse the use of Repetition in a text

Answer 1

to emphasise something

Question 2

Explain and analyse the effect of Contrast

Answer 2

Individual words or groups of words are placed side by side - in juxtaposition - to stress the contrast between ideas

Question 3

Explain and analyse the effect of Parenthesis

Answer 3

Extra information is placed in the middle of a sentence, contained within dashes, brackets or commas

Question 4

Explain and analyse Rhetorical Question

Answer 4

It’s a question asked more for the effect

Question 5

Explain and analyse the use of Simile

Answer 5

Simile is an unusual comparison between two things using the word like or as

Question 6

Explain and analyse the use of Metaphor

Answer 6

Metaphor is when a person, place, or thing is portrayed as being something else, even though it is not actually that something else,

Question 7

Explain and analyse the use of Personification

Answer 7

Personification is where things that are not necessarily living are given the characteristics of humans or animals

Question 8

Explain and analyse Alliteration

Answer 8

Alliteration is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of a number of words in a line,

Question 9

Explain and analyse Hyperbole

Answer 9

Hyperbole is over-exaggeration for effect,

Question 10

Explain and analyse Irony

Answer 10

Irony is when words or phrases are used in a way where the writer actually wants them to mean something different, or even the opposite of what is being said

Question 11

Explain and analyse Onomatopoeia

Answer 11

Onomatopoeia is where saying certain words aloud copies or mimics the sounds that they are related to

Question 12

What is the use of short sentences

Answer 12

To build tension

Question 13

What is the use of longer sentences

Answer 13

May be used for detailed explanations

Question 14

What is the use of exclamations

Answer 14

Show a strong emotional reaction

Question 15

What is the use of a colon or dash

Answer 15

Might introduce an idea, list or explanation

Question 16

Ambiguity

Answer 16

When a piece of language can be interpreted in more than one way; often used for humorous effect

Question 17

Assonance

Answer 17

The repetition of similar vowel sounds, usually close together, to create the effect of the sound of the particular vowel used

Question 18

Enjambment

Answer 18

The continuation of a line of poetry without a break

Question 19

Mood

Answer 19

Feelings of poet/narrator and/or the way the poet makes you feel when you read the poem

Question 20

Oxymoron

Answer 20

A figure of speech in which two words with opposite meanings are brought together to form a new phrase or statement.

Question 21

Paradox

Answer 21

An apparently contradictory statement

Question 22

Pun

Answer 22

A play in words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning, often for comic effect

Question 23

Rhythm

Answer 23

When the sounds at the ends of lines agree with each other

Question 24

Stanza

Answer 24

A group of lines in a poem, forming a definite pattern of rhyme and metre throughout the poem

Question 25

Structure

Answer 25

How the poem is laid out, with a beginning, middle and an end

Question 26

Symbolism

Answer 26

​A symbol is an object, animate or inanimate, which represents something else, with which it has some connection. A literary symbol has the effect of combining an image with an idea

Question 27

Tone

Answer 27

The poet’s or speaker’s attitude to his subject, conveyed by the style of writing. Think of the tone of voice you would use if you were saying the words aloud