Questions Flashcards
How to answer a tone/attitude question?
Identify the tone being used
Quote the part where the writer uses the tone
Analyse and link back to question
What are forms of tone?
Informal- Humorous, light hearted, whimsical, gently mocking
Sarcastic- Mocking, ironic
Formal- Questioning, outraged, angry, critical, sinister
Nostalgic- Reverential, Reflective, Awed
Disappointed- Uncertain, doubtful
How to answer a linking question?
Quote phrase which links back
Explain how it links to question
Quote forward
Explain how it links to question
Tips for answering linking questions?
End of quote question normally links back, start of quote question normally links forward
How to answer word choice?
Quote word
List connotations
Link back to question
How to answer in your own words?
Highlight correct answers
Underline key words- find alternative words for them
How to answer a summary question?
Make main four main points about passage
In your own words!!!
How to answer context questions?
The word X means to Y. I know this because… (words around this and how they tell you what it means)
How to answer imagery question?
Identify imagery and quote
State type of imagery used- Metaphor, simile, e.t.c
Root definition
How it links to question
How to answer sentence structure?
State the type of sentence structure used
Analyse its effectiveness
How to recognise statement sentence structure
Tells you something and ends with a full stop
How to recognise exclamation sentence structure
Shows excitement or surprise
Often starts with ‘what’ or ‘how’
Ends with exclamation mark
How to recognise commands sentence structure
Tells you something and ends with a full stop or exclamation mark
How to recognise minor sentence; sentence structure
Sentence with no verb (action)
How to recognise metaphors
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
How to recognise simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
How to recognise atmosphere
atmosphere noun (CHARACTER) [ U ] the character or mood of a place or situation:
How to recognise enjambment
(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
How to recognise parentheses
A parenthesis is a tall, curvy punctuation mark used to set off material that isn’t fundamental to the main topic, like an afterthought or an aside
How to recognise personification
he attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
8 mark question?
Areas of commonality (2 marks)
Example from the extract (2 marks)
Examples from elsewhere in the novel (4 marks)
