reading for uae (techniques)

Question 1

Effective Opening

Answer 1

• What is it saying?
- Introduces the key idea of the passage?

• How is it saying it?
- Techniques that engage the reader.

Question 2

Effective Opening: rhetorical question

Answer 2

Makes the reader think

Question 3

Effective Opening: short sentences

Answer 3

Dramatic effect; attention grabbing; perhaps abrupt; perhaps comes at the end of the paragraph to emphasise a key idea

Question 4

Effective Opening: use of 2nd person, ‘you’?

Answer 4

Directly addressing the reader to engage the effectively

Question 5

Effective opening: colon

Answer 5

Creates a dramatic pause, Emphasies key idea

Question 6

Effective Opening: repetition

Answer 6

Emphasises a key idea

Question 7

Effective Opening: informal or humorous tone

Answer 7

Engaging opening

Question 8

Techniques to look out for in effective introduction

Answer 8

• rhetorical questions
• short sentence
• use of 2nd person ‘you’
• colon
• repetition
• informal/ humorous tone

Question 9

Effective Conclusion

Answer 9

1. Identify the technique used (repeats earlier idea, sums up main idea)
2. Quote to show
3. Say why this is effective (leaves and impression, lets the reader ponder)

Question 10

Techniques to look out for in Effective Conclusion

Answer 10

• rhetorical questions
• short sentences
• use of 2nd person, ‘you’
• colon
• repitition
• Informal/ humorous tone
• “if… then…” “perhaps… but…” or similar structures

Question 11

Effective Conclusion: rhetorical questions

Answer 11

Leaves the reader with something to think about, may emphasise that the issue is hard to resolve

Question 12

Effective Conclusion: informal/ humorous tone

Answer 12

Memorable ending; perhaps in keeping with the tone on the whole passage

Question 13

Effective Conclusion: “If.. then…” “perhaps… but…” on similar structures

Answer 13

Emphasises complexity of problem, offers a way forward