Starter quiz
- What is an emerald?
- a precious stone ✓
- a precious metal
- a gaseous element
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- What is a giant?
- a mythical being who can fly
- a mythical being who can breathe fire
- a mythical being who is superhuman size ✓
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- In an analytical answer, quotations act as __________ for your ideas.
- 'evidence' ✓
- If you explain something then you...
- make something clear and easy to understand ✓
- add in a language device
- add in more ambitious punctuation
- make something more descriptive
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- If someone says something 'sharply' then we might think they are...
- calm
- confident
- angry ✓
- sad
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- To evoke means to...
- describe something in a detailed and interesting way
- use a language device to show a comparison
- bring a feeling to your mind ✓
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Exit quiz
- In L. Frank Baum's 'The Wizard of Oz', Oz is described as...
- a regular man
- an enormous, floating head ✓
- a small, floating head
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- In L. Frank Baum's 'The Wizard of Oz', Dorothy finds Oz floating above a...
- 'throne' ✓
- A connotation is...
- a feeling you get from a word ✓
- a clear explanation of your ideas
- a word that has the same spelling but different meaning
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- Match the word with the connotation.
- giant⇔intimidating ✓
- emerald⇔precious ✓
- throne⇔royalty ✓
- To examine something closely in order to understand it is called...
- 'analysis' ✓
- Which of the following is an effective phrase for giving feedback to someone?
- I didn't like it when you said...
- I thought it was really effective when you said.... ✓
- This reminds me of my idea...
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Key learning points
- Language analysis means exploring how writers convey meaning through their language choices.
- Connotations mean the ideas or feelings that a word gives us.
- Connotations will vary depending on our individual experiences or memories.
- Explanations need to clearly show the reader how you have reached your conclusions.
Common misconception
That we will all have the same response to certain words.
Our response to words depends on our own individual experiences and memories and therefore we are likely to all get different connotations from words.
Keywords
Connotation - a feeling or idea that is suggested by a word in addition to its basic meaning
Analysis - examine something closely so that you can understand it
Evokes - bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or image) to the conscious mind
Explain - to make something clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about it
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