Starter quiz
- What is a quotation?
- an opinion about the text
- a word or phrase taken from a text ✓
- a word or phrase that gives your opinion on the text
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- ______ marks are punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to identify direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase.
- Quotation ✓
- Question
- Exclamation
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- Something which shows that something else exists or is true is ______.
- evidence ✓
- a theory
- emotive
- an assumption
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- The tone of a text is ______.
- the way the setting is described
- the general mood or feeling ✓
- the sense of sadness
- the sense of happiness
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- If something is described as 'tangled' and 'matted', you would think it is ______.
- well looked after
- organised
- chaotic ✓
- unhappy
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- Superlative means ______.
- the highest degree of a quality ✓
- something ordinary
- the lowest degree of quality
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Exit quiz
- A topic sentence should include ______.
- the writer's name ✓
- literary analysis
- quotations
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- Quotations in an analytical paragraph should ______.
- be as long as possible
- disprove the topic sentence
- match the point of the topic sentence ✓
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- To 'embed' a quotation means ______.
- to provide evidence
- to match the quotation to the topic sentence
- to put the quotation inside your sentence ✓
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- Which quotation best matches the topic sentence: 'Burnett presents the secret garden as wild and chaotic'?
- 'loveliest'
- 'standard roses'
- 'climbing roses' ✓
- 'grass of a wintry brown'
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- What is wrong with this sentence: 'When Burnett says that the garden is 'the sweetest', it gives the reader the impression that the garden is uncared for.'
- the quotation isn't embedded
- the quotation doesn't match the point of the sentence ✓
- the sentence doesn't suggest that it is the writer's construction
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- To describe or show (someone or something) in a particular way is called to ______.
- present ✓
- embed
- infer
- assume
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- An analytical question asks you to use evidence from the text to present your ideas.
- A topic sentence should concisely explain the main idea of the paragraph.
- Quotations should match the point made by the topic sentence.
- Quotations should be embedded in your sentences.
Common misconception
That you should put literary analysis in every part of your analytical writing.
You shouldn't put literary analysis in your topic sentence - it should just explain the main idea of the paragraph concisely.
Keywords
Topic sentence - a sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph
Embed - to put a quotation inside your own sentence
Evidence - something which shows that something else exists or is true
Present - to describe or show (someone or something) in a particular way
Quotation - a phrase or short piece of writing taken from a longer work of literature
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