Starter quiz
- Which two are connotations of gold?
- cheap
- valuable ✓
- warm ✓
- cold
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- What is a simile?
- a comparison where something is said to be something else
- a comparison where something is said to be like something else ✓
- giving human emotions non-human things or objects
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- The act of doing or saying something again is called ...
- 'repetition' ✓
- What is personification?
- where non-human emotions are given to humans
- where human characteristics are given to non-human things or objects ✓
- a figure of speech places words with opposite meanings together
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- Which of the following is an effective topic sentence?
- 'Akala presents the room as a safe, reassuring place.' ✓
- 'Akala uses techniques to present the room in a certain way.'
- 'Akala uses similes to present the room in a particular way.'
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- What does develop mean?
- to change into a more advanced form ✓
- to stay exactly the same
- to change into a less advanced form
- to change into a more positive outlook
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Exit quiz
- In Akala's 'The Dark Lady', the door to the magic room is said to unfasten itself - what technique is this?
- simile
- personification ✓
- enjambment
- oxymoron
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- In Akala's 'The Dark Lady', the door is said to be like the "stitching" on a beautiful woman's dress - which technique is this?
- metaphor
- simile ✓
- pathetic fallacy
- juxtaposition
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- To shimmer means to ...
- shine with a soft light. ✓
- shine with a bright light.
- become dull and dark.
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- Which things do we associate with gold that makes it seem beautiful and valuable?
- the sun ✓
- the moon
- jewellery ✓
- nature
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- A guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have is an ...
- 'inference' ✓
- Akala's use of a simile in 'The Dark Lady' to describe the door to Henry and Joan's magical room suggests ...
- the door is ordinary.
- the door is extraordinary. ✓
- the door is familiar.
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Key learning points
- Good analytical paragraphs begin with a clear topic sentence, supported by a range of evidence.
- Good analytical paragraphs mention what method the writer is using.
- Good analytical paragraphs are cohesive – discourse markers are used to link ideas together.
- Comment on the effects of specific language devices to develop your analysis in detail.
Common misconception
That the reader will automatically be able to follow your train of thought.
We all have different connotations from words; you need to clearly explain how you have reached your idea in order for the reader to be able to understand your argument.
Keywords
Inference - a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have
Connotation - a feeling or idea that is suggested by a word in addition to its basic meaning
Topic sentence - a sentence that explains the main focus or idea of a paragraph
Personification - where a non-human object or thing is given human characteristics
Simile - a rhetorical device used to compare two things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’
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