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Context question
1. Clearly state the meaning of the word
2. Use quotes to show this
3. Explain
Connotations
1. What a word suggests
Sentence Structure
1. Inversion
  1. Alters the emphasis in a sentence
2. Repitition
3. List and Climax
  1. Emphasis
  2. Placing items in ascending order
    1. Most important is at the end (climax)
4. Anti-Climax
5. Antithesis
  1. When ideas are arranged to create balance and contrast
Link questions
1. 'The sentence provides a link between paragraph one and two...'
2. '...refers back to the topic of para 1 which discusses...'
3. '...then introduces the topic of the next para which is about...'
4. Understanding question
5. How? What? Show?
Imagery
1. Imaginative language to make comparisons with other things
  1. Similie
  2. Metaphor
  3. Personification
Literal Language
1. Using an expression which is true and real
Other Terms
1. Juxtaposition
  1. Placing two sentences side by side to highlight the contrast between them
2. Euphemism
  1. Making unwelcome truths less harsh
3. Alliteration
  1. Language
  2. Repeated use of the same letter or sound

Resource summary

	Created by trineerideout almost 10 years ago