Language and Structure

What is an adjective?

• A doing word

• A describing word

• A person, place or thing

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the verb in this sentence...

'Brennan anxiously stripping a torso with no head'

• Anxiously

• Stripping

• Torso

• Head

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

'Anxiously' and 'Tentatively' are examples of what language feature?

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Dialogue is a structural technique but what is it?

• Speech between characters

• When characters look at each other

• Names of characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the best way to answer the structure question (Q3)?

• By analysing the beginning of the extract

• Pick out language features from the whole extract

• Comment on the focus in the beginning, middle and the end of the extract

What is the best way to answer the language question (Q2)? (TWO ANSWERS)

• Pick out as many language features as you can

• Choose the best 2-3 quotations and explain them fully

• Use language terminology where you can

• Write about 5 good paragraphs

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Are Q2 and Q3 worth the same amount of marks?

• Yes

• No

What ISN'T a structural feature?

• Flashbacks

• Beginning, middle and end

• Shifts in focus

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What ISN'T a language feature?

• Adjectives

• Similes

• Foreshadowing

• Adverbs

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Black, red and green are examples of what language feature?

• Adjectives

• Emotive language

• Metaphor

• Similes

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E