Fiction - Language
Terminology: Reading and
Comprehension: English
Language: GCSE (9:1)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
LATEST 100% GUARANTEED
PASS
Oxymoron - CORRECT ANSWER-Two things which are generally incompatible put together, like
"bitter sweet".
Pathetic fallacy - CORRECT ANSWER-When surroundings or weather reflect a mood of a
character or event (Frankenstein's stormy night)
Personification - CORRECT ANSWER-Giving living attributes to inanimate or non human things -
is a type of metaphor. "Time must untie this knot".
Protagonist - CORRECT ANSWER-The main character.
Pun - CORRECT ANSWER-A play on words: "Time must untie this knot, not I..." from
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
, Satire - CORRECT ANSWER-The highlighting or exposing of human foolishness making fun of
them. This kind of writing can range from being gentle and light to extremely biting and bitter in
tone (see Charlie Brooker on TV).
Simile - CORRECT ANSWER-Direct comparison using like or as.
Statistics - CORRECT ANSWER-(in nonfiction) facts and figures
Structure - CORRECT ANSWER-The way a poem or play or other piece of writing has been put
together
Symbol - CORRECT ANSWER-Like the use of images, symbols present things which represent
something else.
Syntax - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to the way in which words are placed together in writing.
Simple sentence - CORRECT ANSWER-A sentence which contains only one main clause. They are
often short and simple (eg. The boy ran quickly) but this kind of sentence could be long too. Eg.
"The boy wearing the black and white padded jacket ran quickly down the road at lunchtime". It
contains a simple subject and predicate.
Compound sentence - CORRECT ANSWER-A _____ sentence consists of at least two main
clauses joined together by a conjunction. Co-ordinating conjunctions are words which join two
parts of a sentence together so that neither part is more important than the other eg. and, but,
or, nor, either, neither.
Complex sentence - CORRECT ANSWER-A ________sentence consists of a main clause plus one
or more subordinate clauses. A subordinate clause cannot stand on its own and may come
before or after the main clause.
Terminology: Reading and
Comprehension: English
Language: GCSE (9:1)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
LATEST 100% GUARANTEED
PASS
Oxymoron - CORRECT ANSWER-Two things which are generally incompatible put together, like
"bitter sweet".
Pathetic fallacy - CORRECT ANSWER-When surroundings or weather reflect a mood of a
character or event (Frankenstein's stormy night)
Personification - CORRECT ANSWER-Giving living attributes to inanimate or non human things -
is a type of metaphor. "Time must untie this knot".
Protagonist - CORRECT ANSWER-The main character.
Pun - CORRECT ANSWER-A play on words: "Time must untie this knot, not I..." from
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
, Satire - CORRECT ANSWER-The highlighting or exposing of human foolishness making fun of
them. This kind of writing can range from being gentle and light to extremely biting and bitter in
tone (see Charlie Brooker on TV).
Simile - CORRECT ANSWER-Direct comparison using like or as.
Statistics - CORRECT ANSWER-(in nonfiction) facts and figures
Structure - CORRECT ANSWER-The way a poem or play or other piece of writing has been put
together
Symbol - CORRECT ANSWER-Like the use of images, symbols present things which represent
something else.
Syntax - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to the way in which words are placed together in writing.
Simple sentence - CORRECT ANSWER-A sentence which contains only one main clause. They are
often short and simple (eg. The boy ran quickly) but this kind of sentence could be long too. Eg.
"The boy wearing the black and white padded jacket ran quickly down the road at lunchtime". It
contains a simple subject and predicate.
Compound sentence - CORRECT ANSWER-A _____ sentence consists of at least two main
clauses joined together by a conjunction. Co-ordinating conjunctions are words which join two
parts of a sentence together so that neither part is more important than the other eg. and, but,
or, nor, either, neither.
Complex sentence - CORRECT ANSWER-A ________sentence consists of a main clause plus one
or more subordinate clauses. A subordinate clause cannot stand on its own and may come
before or after the main clause.
