Patterns - band 5

Question 1

1. Sentence types. Minor, simple, compound, complex ?

Answer 1

• minor sentences are a kind of sentence often missing a main verb or subject
• simple sentences consist of one clause, with a single subject and verb
• compound sentences join two or more sentences of equal importance , each sentence having a subject and a verb.
• complex sentences made up of a in clause and a subordination clause

Question 2

Effect/ Impact of sentence types ?

Answer 2

• minor sentences lower the register and can mirror speech patterns
• simple sentences often deliver short, emphatic simplified messages
• compound sentences provide more detail, providing two equally weighted ideas
• complex sentences convey sophisticated messages , balancing main ideas against subordinating points. Can influence a reader’s perception more

Question 3

2. Implicature ?

Answer 3

• implied meanings included for the reader to infer

Question 4

3. Pronoun usage. Types ?

Answer 4

First person singular ( I, me, my )
First person plural ( we, us, our )
second person singular ( you, your )

Question 5

Effect/ Impact of pronoun usage ?

Answer 5

• first person singular- personal experiences may influence a reader’s perception
• first person plural - inclusive, collective
• second person singular - direct address

Question 6

4. Patterns of nouns ?

Answer 6

Repeated use of certain types of nouns. Nouns can be : abstract, concrete, common, proper

Question 7

Effect of noun usage and noun phrases ?

Answer 7

Nouns and noun phrases constitute the most important meaning of a sentence

Question 8

5. Sentence functions. Types

Answer 8

• Interrogative e.g rhetorical? Tag questions ?
• Imperatives
• Exclamatives

Question 9

Effect/ Impact of sentence functions ?

Answer 9

Interrogatives - shape audiences response
Imperatives - used for warnings, advice, making a request
Exclamatives - express strong feelings, and indicate strong commands

Question 10

6. Semantic fields

Answer 10

words to do with a smilier topic

Question 11

7. Rhetorical devices ? ( types )

Answer 11

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• irony
• polysyndeton
• triadic structure

Question 12

Effect/ Impact of rhetorical devices ?

Answer 12

• used to convey to the reader a meaning with the goal of persuading or influencing the implied reader

Question 13

8. Modality. What is it ?

Answer 13

Modal verbs e.g can, might, should

Question 14

Effect/ Impact of modality ?

Answer 14

• express writer’s attitude. Can express certainty, possibility, willingness, obligation, necessity and ability.
• can be linked to power
• deontic modal verbs and epistemic modal verbs

Question 15

9. Verb voice ?

Answer 15

Verbs can be active voice or passive voice.

Question 16

Effect/ Impact of verb voice ?

Answer 16

• Passive voice often depersonalises and formalises the message. Puts focus on the action rather than the do- er of the action.
• passive draws less attention to the person who done the action.
• can make the object seem helpless and a victim