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Question 1

How do you answer in your own words questions?

Answer 1

You select the part of the passage that is relevant to the question and put it fully into your own words.
You must NOT quote.

Question 2

What do you use to work out the meaning of the word in a context question?

Answer 2

The text around it can give you a hint.

Question 3

How do you answer a summary question?

Answer 3

You pick out they key points and in your own words summarise the key points in bullet points.

Question 4

What is a denotation?

What is a connotation?

Answer 4

Denotation - The dictionary definition

Connotation - What the word implies or suggests

Question 5

For word choice questions do you use the connotation or denotation of the word?

Answer 5

You use the connotation

Question 6

What are the different types of imagery?

Answer 6

Simile - Metaphor - Personification - Alliteration

Question 7

What is the method for imagery questions?

Answer 7

Quote
State the type of imagery
Identify and explain the denotation of the root
Connect it back and compare
JUST AS--------IS-----SO-------

Question 8

What are tone questions asking you about?

Answer 8

Tone questions are asking you about how something is said, which reflects the attitude of the writer

Question 9

What is the method for answering tone questions?

Answer 9

Identify the tone (if it has not already been done)
Quote the words that create the tone
Analyse how the quotes create the tone

Question 10

What is the three functions that a list could be used for?

Answer 10

Variety-Number-Volume

Question 11

What is repetition used for?

Answer 11

To emphasise or highlight something

Question 12

What are questions used for?

Answer 12

To make the reader think and reflect

To show uncertainty or doubt

Question 13

Why are commands used by the writer?

Answer 13

To give the impression that the writer is speaking directly to the reader.
To instruct the reader to do something

Question 14

What is the method for answering sentence structure questions?

Answer 14

Identify the type
Quote
Explain its effect

Question 15

What is the type of questions that language questions will ask you about?
What are the different ones called?

Answer 15

Analysis

Word choice-Imagery-Tone-Sentence structure

Question 16

What are link questions about?

Answer 16

How different parts of a passage link together

Question 17

What is the method for link questions?

Answer 17

Quote the bit that links back
Explain how it does that
Quote the bit that links forward
Explain how it does that

Question 18

What are conclusion questions asking you about?

Answer 18

How effective the conclusion is

Question 19

What part of a conclusion should you quote?

Answer 19

The parts that link back to previous ideas

Question 20

What is the method for answering a passage as a whole question?

Answer 20

Highlight the important parts of the passage in relation to the question
Summarise these in your own words putting them into bullet points
1 mark = 1 bullet point

Question 21

What are evaluation questions for and what types do they include?

Answer 21

They are for you to examine how effective the author has been in creating a particular effect.
-conclusion-passage as a whole

Question 22

What are understanding questions for and what types do they include?

Answer 22

They are too see how much you understand the text and that you understand most of the words
-in your own words-summarising-context

Question 23

word choice

Answer 23

Identify the word/s in the passage
Quote
Give the connotations of the word

“………….” SUGGESTS…………..

Question 24

How do you answer a word choice question?

Answer 24

Identify the word/s in the passage
Quote
Give the connotations of the word

“………….” SUGGESTS…………..

Question 25

What is parenthesis used for?

Answer 25

To add in extra information
For this in a question you have to explain the function of the extra information in relation to the context
Types of parenthesis:
() - -

Question 26

What is word order used for?

Answer 26

To give impact to the words and change tones

Question 27

What is sentence length used for?

Answer 27

Shorter sentences give information quickly and directly. The length of sentences can be used to give a sentence a different effect and meaning.