English: language and structural techniques LATEST
ACTUAL EXAM WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS & CORRECT
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Question 1.
When words that are close together start with the same sound E.g. 'the beat of the band'
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Alliteration
Question 2.
Where a word or phrase has two or more possible interpretations
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Ambiguity
Question 3.
A comparison to show how one thing is similar to another,which makes it easier to understand or more
memorable e.g. 'the human brain is like a super-computer : complex and powerful
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Analogy
Question 4.
A rhetorical technique where opposing words or ideas are put together to show a contrast.
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Antithesis
Question 5.
When a character in a play makes a short comment that reveals their thoughts to audience, and no
other character can hear it
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Aside
,Question 6.
When words share the same vowel sound but their consonants are different, e.g. 'in this deep joy to
see and hear thee;.
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Assonance
Question 7.
The person or group of people that read or listen to a text.
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Audience
Question 8.
Describing something that happened in the writer's life.
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Autobiographical
Question 9.
Writing that gives more support to one point of views that to another.
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Biased writing
Question 10.
Lines from a play or poem that are written in iambic pentameter and don't rhyme.
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Blank verse
Question 11.
A formal type of newspaper,which often focuses on more serious topics,e.g. The Guardian.
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Broadsheet
, Question 12.
A pause in a line of poetry. E.g. the full stop in "Over the drift stream. My father spins" in 'Eden Rock' by
Charles Causley.
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Caesura (plural caesurae)
Question 13.
When events are arranged in the order in which they happened.
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Chronological
Question 14.
Writing that makes the reader feel like they're watching a film.
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Cinematic writing
Question 15.
Part of a sentence that has a subject and a verb. Main clauses make sense on their own.
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Clause
Question 16.
Informal writing that sounds like ordinary speech, e.g. "with your pals"
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Colloquial language
Question 17.
A type of newspaper article that expresses the opinions of the writer on a theme or news event.Also
called a column or opinion piece.
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Commentry (newspaper article)
ACTUAL EXAM WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question 1.
When words that are close together start with the same sound E.g. 'the beat of the band'
ANSWER
Alliteration
Question 2.
Where a word or phrase has two or more possible interpretations
ANSWER
Ambiguity
Question 3.
A comparison to show how one thing is similar to another,which makes it easier to understand or more
memorable e.g. 'the human brain is like a super-computer : complex and powerful
ANSWER
Analogy
Question 4.
A rhetorical technique where opposing words or ideas are put together to show a contrast.
ANSWER
Antithesis
Question 5.
When a character in a play makes a short comment that reveals their thoughts to audience, and no
other character can hear it
ANSWER
Aside
,Question 6.
When words share the same vowel sound but their consonants are different, e.g. 'in this deep joy to
see and hear thee;.
ANSWER
Assonance
Question 7.
The person or group of people that read or listen to a text.
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Audience
Question 8.
Describing something that happened in the writer's life.
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Autobiographical
Question 9.
Writing that gives more support to one point of views that to another.
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Biased writing
Question 10.
Lines from a play or poem that are written in iambic pentameter and don't rhyme.
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Blank verse
Question 11.
A formal type of newspaper,which often focuses on more serious topics,e.g. The Guardian.
ANSWER
Broadsheet
, Question 12.
A pause in a line of poetry. E.g. the full stop in "Over the drift stream. My father spins" in 'Eden Rock' by
Charles Causley.
ANSWER
Caesura (plural caesurae)
Question 13.
When events are arranged in the order in which they happened.
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Chronological
Question 14.
Writing that makes the reader feel like they're watching a film.
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Cinematic writing
Question 15.
Part of a sentence that has a subject and a verb. Main clauses make sense on their own.
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Clause
Question 16.
Informal writing that sounds like ordinary speech, e.g. "with your pals"
ANSWER
Colloquial language
Question 17.
A type of newspaper article that expresses the opinions of the writer on a theme or news event.Also
called a column or opinion piece.
ANSWER
Commentry (newspaper article)
