Standard grade english reading
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- Created on: 27-04-13 18:40
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- English reading
- figurative language
- language which uses figures of speech for effect, interest or to make things clearer
- metaphor
- an unusual comparison where one thing is described in terms of something else
- his house was now a prison
- an unusual comparison where one thing is described in terms of something else
- simile
- an unusual comparison where one thing is described as something else using "like" or "as"
- he was as dirty as a pig
- an unusual comparison where one thing is described as something else using "like" or "as"
- personification
- an unusual comparison where something non-human (inanimate) is described in human terms
- the computer had a mind of it's own
- an unusual comparison where something non-human (inanimate) is described in human terms
- alliteration
- where consecutive words begin with the same letter and sound
- the rapid riffles rattled
- where consecutive words begin with the same letter and sound
- onomatopoeia
- where a word makes the sound it describes
- swish
- buzz
- where a word makes the sound it describes
- sentence structure
- basic rules of a sentence:
- it should begin with a capital letter
- it should end with a full stop
- it should make sense
- it should have a subject
- "who" or "what" the sentence is about
- it should contain a verb
- it should normally begin with a subject
- the subject should normally be followed by the verb
- if a sentence does not have the structure: subject then verb it is inversion
- the subject should normally be followed by the verb
- the writer might repeat words like conjunctions to suggest a build-up of ideas or to indicate the number of things happening at a given time
- the writer might leave out the subject or verb for effect
- this allows the reader to focus on the "action"- the context will have already informed the reader of what is left out
- the writer might ask a rhetorical question (a question where they do not want an answer) to provoke the reader or to show they are uncertain
- the writer might use list forms in sentences to indicate a build-up of information
- basic rules of a sentence:
- reading for a purpose
- when reading a text you will be expected to:
- pick out specific, individual pieces of information from the text
- this means you are expected to identify specific, individual items of information from the text
- what places look like
- what reasons are offered for a characters behaviour
- this means you are expected to identify specific, individual items of information from the text
- identify and understand the writer's use of tone
- understand ideas or feelings the writer presents in a text
- identify and understand writers attitudes, beliefs and arguement
- understand the main idea of the passage
- understand the writer's use of language
- pick out specific, individual pieces of information from the text
- when reading a text you will be expected to:
- punctuation
- semi-colon (;)
- connects closely related ideas, sometimes contrasting/separates items in a list
- colon (:)
- used to introduce a list, an explanation, a quotation, an illustration-something which completes the idea
- comma (,)
- separating marks often used to indicate a list, but also separates clauses or phrases within a sentance
- ellipsis (...)
- often used to show a tailing off, shows thought, suspense, rambling or uncertainty
- dash (-)
- can have the same function of a colon or used to indicate an unfinished sentence-giving a dramatic break to ideas
- brackets ()
- gives additional information, sometimes a person comment or thought
- parenthesis
- gives extra, non-essential information
- identified by two dashes, two commas or brackets with text
- semi-colon (;)
- figurative language
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