Sentence Structure

Question 1

list

Answer 1

emphasises the number, amount, range, size or scale of something.

Question 2

Parenthesis

Answer 2

used to provide additional information.

Question 3

Colon

Answer 3

used to introduce a list, a quotation, an example, an explanation relating to what has been said immediately prior to this.

Question 4

semi-colon

Answer 4

introduce an idea

separate parts of a list or to create a balance/contrast within a sentence.

Question 5

inverted commas

Answer 5

used to cast doubt.
suggest the writer’s scepticism.
the writer does not necessarily believe/agree with something.

Question 6

rhetorical question

Answer 6

-suggest that the writer is challenging/ questioning/ disagrees strongly with a particular view or idea
-to suggest confusion/disbelief
-to suggest the complexity of an issue
Effect: provoke agreement/disagreement/humour/shame

Question 7

short sentence

Answer 7

highlight the importance/strength of a point in a blunt way.
To assert that their view is a matter of fact, beyond dispute etc.
dramatic impact/draw attention to one thing

Question 8

climax/anti-climax

Answer 8

The writer has been building up to their main point, idea or conclusion which is included in a short sentence at the end

Question 9

inversion

Answer 9

Where the word order of a sentence has been ‘flipped’ to place emphasis on a particular idea.

Question 10

repetition/parallel phrasing

Answer 10

used to: reinforce, intensify, draw attention, emphasise, exaggerate

Question 11

elipsis

Answer 11

shows that something is unfinished, the list goes on etc.

Question 12

dash

Answer 12

introduces an idea or produces a pause

Question 13

exclamation mark

Answer 13

adds intensity, drama, volume

Question 14

antithesis

Answer 14

opposites balanced together in a sentence to create a contrast