Starter quiz
- Charles Dickens wrote his account of Greenwich Fair in 1839, as such it is an example of ...
- Victorian literature ✓
- Elizabethan literature
- Jacobean literature
- Shakespearean literature
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- 'The way someone thinks or feels about a particular thing' is the definition of which word beginning with 'a'?
- 'attitude' ✓
- Which of the following is the definition of 'pathetic fallacy'?
- attribution of human emotions to non-human things ✓
- attribution of human characteristics to non-human things
- the use of images, words or nouns to represent abstract ideas or qualities
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- What is being described here: 'the words, ideas, feelings or concepts we associate with a word or symbol.'?
- 'connotations' ✓
- Which of the following might be connotations of the colour pink?
- happiness ✓
- anger
- disgust
- warmth ✓
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- Which of the options below could be useful synonyms for 'this suggests'?
- this implies ✓
- this illustrates ✓
- this confirms
- this concludes
- this hints at ✓
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Exit quiz
- In Dickens' 'Greenwich Fair', Dickens' attitude might be described as which of the following?
- sceptical
- excited ✓
- hesitant
- overwhelmed ✓
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- 'Causing great public interest and excitement' is the definition of which word beginning with 's'?
- 'sensational' ✓
- The contextual information we have about Day's 'Are we having fun yet?' is that it's a journalist’s account of attending the Glastonbury festival in 2005. What inferences might we make from this?
- Day is attending for work rather than pleasure. ✓
- Day is extremely excited to attend the festival.
- Day's account could be sensational in nature. ✓
- The title suggests an informative article.
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- By opening 'Are we having fun yet?' with repeated references to the colour 'brown', Day arguably creates ______ atmosphere.
- an unappealing ✓
- a joyous
- an off-putting ✓
- an energising
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- 'Truthful and straightforward; frank' is the definition of which word beginning with 'c'?
- 'candid' ✓
- 'Not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations' is the definition of which word beginning with 's'?
- 'sceptical' ✓
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Key learning points
- The writer's attitude is the way that they feel towards a subject.
- We might make predictions about a writer's attitude by considering contextual information around the text.
- We might analyse the writer's attitude by considering the connotations of their word choices.
- We also might analyse the writer's attitude by considering language techniques such as semantic fields.
Common misconception
A writer's attitude will remain the same throughout a non-fiction text.
If a writer is recounting an experience then their attitude may change from the beginning to the end of their text.
Keywords
Attitude - the way someone thinks or feels about a particular thing
Context - background information that can help us understand a text further (e.g. when it was written)
Sensational - causing great public interest and excitement
Candid - truthful and straightforward; frank
Sceptical - not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations
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