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• Oxymoron

  A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction
• Pathetic Fallacy

  When the natural world (like the weather) mirrors the human emotions of characters in the text.

  
  

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• Irony


  When how things seem to be is very different from how they actually are, for example - if the audience/reader or other characters know something another character doesn't.
• Sibilance


  (Type of Repetition)

  
  

  The repetition of 'S' or 'SH' near each other in the text.

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• Simile


  Comparing two things using "like" or "as".
• Metaphor


  A figure of speech.

  
  

  Describing something by saying it is like something else.

  
  

  
  

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• Alliteration


  (A type of repetition).

  
  

  When the sound as the start of a word is repeated.

  
  

  Either in sequence or throughout a sentence.
• Rhetorical Question


  A question which does not expect an answer.
• Hyperbole


  A type of exaggeration, when a writer is exaggerating something for effect.
• Onomatopoeia


  When a word resembles the sound it is describing.
• Personification


  When you add a human quality to a non-human object.
• Ellipsis


  (A structural feature - Q3)

  
  

  Using ... instead of a word of phrase in a text.
• Flash back


  (A structural feature - Q3)

  
  

  When the writer shifts the reader from the past to the present. Their writing goes back in the past to tell/show the reader something.
• Syntax


  (A structural feature - Q3)

  
  

  The way a sentence/phrase is constructed by the writer.
• Direct Address (Breaking the 4th Wall)


  (A structural feature - Q3)

  
  

  
  

  When the writer explicitly addresses the reader.
• First Person


  (A structural feature - Q3)

  
  

  A narrative point of view using 'I', 'me', and 'my'.
• Second Person


  (A structural feature - Q3)

  
  

  A narrative point of view using 'you'.
• Third Person


  (A structural feature - Q3)

  
  

  A narrative point of view using 'he, 'she', 'they', 'it', and their 'name'.
• Foreshadowing


  (A structural feature - Q3)

  
  

  When the writer hints at something that will happen in the story.

  
  

  It can be subtle or obvious, and you will only know with hindsight is you were right.
• Repetition


  (A structural feature - Q3)

  
  

  When a word of phrase is repeated in the text.

  
  

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  Or it could be the repetition of a colour or a feeling throughout a paragraph/extract
• Zoomorphism


  Applying animal characteristics to humans.

  The reverse of personification.
• How should you answer Question 1?

  Four explicit facts, found in the first 4 lines.

  Use 'and' in your answers to make sure you get full marks.
• How should you answer Question 2?


  Focus on writers methods and language.
• How should you answer Question 3?

  How does the writer structure the extract (focus, shift in focus, beginning/middle/end, first person/third person)
• How should you answer Question 4?

  A student read the extract and said... how far do you agree? (evaluative)

  P1 - Agree with the statment

  P2 - Agree or disagree

  P3 - Partly agree or disagree

  20 marks
• How should you answer Question 5?

  - Write a short story.

  - Use the monologue structure.

  - 24 marks content & organisation so stop after each paragraph, read/check what you have written, and then carry on.

  - Spelling - try difficult words even if you spell them wrong.

  - Use interesting punctuation .., ! and :
• How many paragraphs should you write for Q2?

  2 paragraphs
• How many paragraphs should you write for Q3?

  1 or 2
• How many paragraphs should you write for Q4?

  Minimum 2 (because you need to evaluate both sides of the students statements.