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1
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what’s the traditional form if it has 3 quotations, then 2 at the end?

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Shakesperan sonnet

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2
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What’s a ballad?

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A poem that is typically arranged in quatrains with the rhyme scheme

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3
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What is it called when there’s 3 lines that rhyme?

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A tercet

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4
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What are the suggested uses of a tercet?

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Story - telling,embedding meaning, juxtaposition

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5
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What is it called if it has 6 lines and what does it usually mean?

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Sestet and the suggested uses are exploring complex problems

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6
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What if it has 6 lines?

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Quintain

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7
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What’s a verse with 4 lines?

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A quatrain

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8
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What is it called when there’s a punctuation in the middle of a line?

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Caesura

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9
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What’s a verse with 2 lines?

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A couplet

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10
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Which traditional form is it called if it has 1 verse - 8 lines and second has 6 lines?

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Italian sonnet

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11
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What is the technique called when it directly refers to one thing by mentioning another for a rhetorical effect?

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Metaphor

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12
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What is two things being seen or placed close together with a contrasting effect ?

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Juxtaposition

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13
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Give an example of a juxtaposition

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“Small person and a tall person”

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14
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What is a sombre

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A dull colour tone or mood within the poem representing a gloomy and shadowy atmosphere

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15
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What’s a hyperbole

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Exaggeration effect

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16
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What’s conversational tone and give an example

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“You should see the New Jane Brown Cafe”

17
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What’s the technique called when it’s the theme of feeling numb or bittersweet

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Oxymoron

18
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What’s the technique for expressing sadness or being a severe form of depression

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Melancholy

19
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What’s the synonym of technique for reminiscing over something, (reminds us of something)

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Evocative

20
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What are the main things to focus on when analysing a poem

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• subject matter • compare and contrast • mood/tone • theme • content/ subject matter • structure(stanzas, rhythm, rhyme) • title • techniques • beginning and ending • people and place • embedded quantisations • analysis • speculation • tracking text • Appeal to the senses!!!!

21
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what does infatuation mean

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short term love

22
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What is the use of one sensory image to describe another

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Synesthesia

23
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Name significant connectives

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However
Yet 
Similarly
Likewise 
In another way
On the other hand
Furthermore
Moreover 
Additionally
In Addition
As well as this
24
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Name connectives to be a Introduction to a paragraph

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… appears to be written in the form
They both emulate 
The poets follow different structures
Both poems focus
In contrast 
In the same way 
Both poems discuss 
They both mirror
The theme slowly coordinates 
This echoes further down…
This reveals… 
Also perhaps… 
Contrastingly 
Interestingly
Having said that
It’s narrated in…
25
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Name as many poet techniques as you can

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Imagery
Metaphor
Juxtaposition- contrast effect put togethe
Quatrains - stanza four lines
Continuous stanza - enjambment 
Changeability 
Familial connotations 
Sombre 
Lexical choice (nouns, verbs etc)
Hyperbole- exaggeration effect 
Conversational tone 
Oxymoron - bittersweet /contradict 
Melancholic 
Evocative - reminisce, reminds us of something
Foreshadowing
26
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Give phrases to show you’re giving your own opinion (affect on reader)

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I believe…
It makes me feel… 
It gives me the impression 
My perspective… 
It conveys imagery of…
Having said that…
27
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Give as many examples of analysis words as you can

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Implies
From this we conjour
Suggests
Signifies 
Highlights
Emulates
Indicates
Hints at…
Reveals…
Associates…
Mirrors
Reflects…
Reinforces
Enhances
Portrays
Visualises
Be allude to
It elicits - to bring out
Demonstrates
Entails
Insinuates 
It’s narrates
Appeals 
Becomes clear 
Becomes evident when
Reflects
28
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Give speculation phrases to embed your quotes more

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This could also refer to…
This could hint at…
Give another insight to…
Could show…
Could also be linked…
29
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What is emotional pathos

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Making the reader feel what the narrator is feeling