Questions

Question 1

How to answer a tone/attitude question?

Answer 1

Identify the tone being used
Quote the part where the writer uses the tone
Analyse and link back to question

Question 2

What are forms of tone?

Answer 2

Informal- Humorous, light hearted, whimsical, gently mocking
Sarcastic- Mocking, ironic
Formal- Questioning, outraged, angry, critical, sinister
Nostalgic- Reverential, Reflective, Awed
Disappointed- Uncertain, doubtful

Question 3

How to answer a linking question?

Answer 3

Quote phrase which links back
Explain how it links to question
Quote forward
Explain how it links to question

Question 4

Tips for answering linking questions?

Answer 4

End of quote question normally links back, start of quote question normally links forward

Question 5

How to answer word choice?

Answer 5

Quote word
List connotations
Link back to question

Question 6

How to answer in your own words?

Answer 6

Highlight correct answers

Underline key words- find alternative words for them

Question 7

How to answer a summary question?

Answer 7

Make main four main points about passage

In your own words!!!

Question 8

How to answer context questions?

Answer 8

The word X means to Y. I know this because… (words around this and how they tell you what it means)

Question 9

How to answer imagery question?

Answer 9

Identify imagery and quote
State type of imagery used- Metaphor, simile, e.t.c
Root definition
How it links to question

Question 10

How to answer sentence structure?

Answer 10

State the type of sentence structure used

Analyse its effectiveness

Question 11

How to recognise statement sentence structure

Answer 11

Tells you something and ends with a full stop

Question 12

How to recognise exclamation sentence structure

Answer 12

Shows excitement or surprise
Often starts with ‘what’ or ‘how’
Ends with exclamation mark

Question 13

How to recognise commands sentence structure

Answer 13

Tells you something and ends with a full stop or exclamation mark

Question 14

How to recognise minor sentence; sentence structure

Answer 14

Sentence with no verb (action)

Question 15

How to recognise metaphors

Answer 15

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Question 16

How to recognise simile

Answer 16

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

Question 17

How to recognise atmosphere

Answer 17

atmosphere noun (CHARACTER) [ U ] the character or mood of a place or situation:

Question 18

How to recognise enjambment

Answer 18

(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

Question 19

How to recognise parentheses

Answer 19

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

Question 20

How to recognise personification

Answer 20

he attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Question 21

8 mark question?

Answer 21

Areas of commonality (2 marks)
Example from the extract (2 marks)
Examples from elsewhere in the novel (4 marks)