Terminology - analysing structure in a text

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- practice in using terms to describe structural features of a text
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Question 1

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The paragraph builds to a [blank_start]climax[blank_end] when Frankenstein smiles and reaches out his hand.
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  • climax
  • focus
  • climate

Question 2

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The use of the phrase 'hard as nails' [blank_start]reinforces[blank_end] the impression of her unkindness given in the first paragraph.
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  • reinforces
  • enforces
  • ensures

Question 3

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The descriptive passage ends with an abrupt [blank_start]time shift[blank_end] when we learn that this was where the narrator lived fifteen years ago.
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  • time shift
  • stop
  • change in focus

Question 4

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The mood of sadness is strengthened by the [blank_start]recurrent[blank_end] references to the natural world as autumn approaches.
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  • recurrent
  • recursive
  • repetition

Question 5

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The description of the bleak winter weather in the first paragraph is [blank_start]juxtaposed[blank_end] with the cosy warmth of the kitchen scene in the second.
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  • juxtaposed
  • joined
  • juggled

Question 6

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In the second paragraph the [blank_start]repetition[blank_end] of the word 'square' emphasises the rigid attitudes of Mr Gradgrind.
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  • repetition
  • repeating
  • repetitiveness

Question 7

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In the second paragraph the writer changes the focus and describes the events from the [blank_start]perspective[blank_end] of Mrs Dalloway.
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  • perspective
  • prospective
  • introspective

Question 8

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The writer is trying to suggest the character's train of thought and so the passage has a complex, [blank_start]non-chronological[blank_end] structure.
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  • non-chronological
  • chronic
  • ontological

Question 9

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The writer opens with a description of Mabel's present life then [blank_start]focusses[blank_end] on her past before ending with a glimpse of her fears for the future.
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  • focusses
  • features
  • switches

Question 10

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This suggestion of a coming crisis adds [blank_start]tension[blank_end] to the narrative and holds the reader's attention.
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  • tension
  • reflection
  • relaxation

Question 11

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In the first paragraph the reader is [blank_start]introduced[blank_end] to the two main characters.
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  • introduced
  • intraduced
  • interduced
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