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Mind Map by graciemcauliffe1, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by graciemcauliffe1
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How to answer English language questions:
- when talking about language there are a number of things to looks for:
- the emotive language: language designed to make a reader feel a certain way.
- the types of words used in a text
- long complicated words
- short and straight-forward words
- long complicated words
- the emotive language: language designed to make a reader feel a certain way.
- does the author use similes or metaphors?
- "I am as radiant as the sun"
- "I am as radiant as the sun"
- what types of sentences are used?
- long and complicated or short and straight forward.
- long and complicated or short and straight forward.
- find out about the characters by seeing what sort of dialogue they use.
- a character using long words could be a clever character.
- a character using long words could be a clever character.
- denotations - their dictionary meaning
- connotations = ideas they link to
- connotations = ideas they link to
- structural devices include:
- story arc - has a beginning a middle and an end usually with a crisis in the middle that gets resolved in the end.
- flashback - the main bit of the text takes place in one time but there are parts from the past.
- circular narrative - the first line takes you back to the beginning of it.
- dual narrative - gives two sides of a story and alternates the viewpoints
- story arc - has a beginning a middle and an end usually with a crisis in the middle that gets resolved in the end.
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