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English close reading techniques
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1What does Hyperbole mean?
- AAn extreme exaggeration
- BAn understatement
- CA pause in the sentence, caused by punctuation.
2What is Litotes
- AAn extreme exaggeration
- BAn understatement
- CRepetition of a vowel sound
3What is Assonance
- ARepetition of a consonant sound
- BChanging of the word order to create empathies on a particular word
- CRepetition of a vowel sound
4Inversion
- AChanging of the word order for effect
- BA word that sounds like a sound
- C chatty or conversational
5Juxtaposition
- ATwo opposing ideas that are right next to each other (Nothing in between)
- BTwo opposing ideas that are near to each other
- Clanguage that is associated with a particular area. Eg. Biology
6Colloquial
- AA chatty or conversational tone
- BWords that tell you extra info, enclosed in commas, brackets or dashes
- CDeeply moving or distressing
7What is Jargon
- ALanguage that is associated with one area. Eg. Biology
- BStrong p/b sounds, which have an explosive effect
- CA punctuation mark in the middle of a line
8What is a Plosive
- AA sound that sounds like a sound
- BNo punctuation at the end of a line so the words flow on
- CA strong p/b sound
9Caesura
- AA punctuation mark in the middle of a line
- BNo punctuation at the end of a line so the words flow on
- CAn understatement
10Enjambment
- Arepetition of the e sound
- BA question that was asked, not to be answered
- CNo punctuation at the end of a line so the words flow on
11Poignant
- Aunderstatement
- BDeeply moving or distressing
- CStrong B/P sounds, which have an explosive effect
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- Quiz on English close reading techniques, created by Emma Bryden on 07/01/2014.
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- Emma Bryden
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