Starter quiz
- 'To overpower the thoughts, emotions, or senses' is the definition of feeling which word beginning with 'o'?
- 'overwhelmed' ✓
- What is being described here: 'the words, ideas, feelings or concepts we associate with a word or symbol.'?
- connotations ✓
- colloquialisms
- conclusions
- clarifications
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- Which of the below are examples of word classes?
- nouns ✓
- adjectives ✓
- metaphors
- speech
- discourse markers
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- What word is missing from this definition of semantic fields: 'A group of words ______ in some way'?
- 'related' ✓
- What semantic field has been used here? 'The fair buzzed with the cacophony of excited chatter, clattering rides, lively music and clanging amusements.'
- noise ✓
- light
- summer
- happiness
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- 'The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect' is the definition of which word beginning with 'j'?
- 'juxtaposition' ✓
Exit quiz
- Both Dickens and Day use which adjective beginning with 'c' to suggest busyness in 'Greenwich Fair' and 'Are we having fun yet?'?
- 'crammed' ✓
- Day ______ the word "crammed" with "sipping" in 'Are we having fun yet?' to dampen the chaotic effect.
- juxtaposes ✓
- enhances
- isolates
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- In 'Greenwich Fair', Dickens uses words like 'clanging' and 'squeaking'. We could say these are ______ verbs.
- imperative
- onomatopoeic ✓
- regular
- alliterative
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- Dickens enhances the busyness of "crammed" in 'Greenwich Fair' by using a ______ of chaos.
- 'semantic field' ✓
- By using listing throughout 'Greenwich Fair', Dickens arguably makes the reader feel which sensation beginning with 'o'?
- 'overwhelmed' ✓
- 'Having an unpleasant mixture of sounds' is the definition of which word beginning with 'c'?
- 'cacophonous' ✓
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Key learning points
- Analysing methods helps us to consider the effect the writer is trying to have on the reader.
- Comparing the methods used helps us understand the writers' craft and how it relates to meaning.
- Both Dickens and Day use "crammed"; however Day uses juxtaposition to lessen the chaotic atmosphere.
- Dickens enhances the overwhelming atmosphere through listing and onomatopoeia.
- Day creates a calmer atmosphere by avoiding the use of listing and onomatopoeia.
Common misconception
You can only compare methods that both writers use when comparing non-fiction texts.
It can be very effective to compare why one writer might choose to use a certain method while another writer may choose not to use it.
Keywords
Juxtaposition - the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
Overwhelmed - to overpower the thoughts, emotions or senses
Semantic field - a group of words or phrases with a related meaning
Onomatopoeia - words that imitate the natural sound associated with their meaning
Cacophonous - having an unpleasant mixture of sounds
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