Analysis Quiz

IN A NUTSHELL: What is analysis?

• Judging the success of the writer on what they have intended to write.

• Writing a speech, letter, review etc...

• Copy and pasting from the text.

• Scanning the text for details (techniques) to talk about in a wider context.

On which paper(s) will you find analysis?

• Paper 1

• Paper 2

• Both paper 1 and paper 2

On Paper 1 - how many marks is the analysis question worth?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

In Paper 1 - which century will the text that you are analysing be taken from?

• 18th

• 19th

• 20th

• 21st

In Paper 1 - you are asked to analyse LANGUAGE FEATURES ONLY - what is the definition of a language feature?

• How the text is put together.

• When different languages are spoken in the text.

• Words and phrases in the text.

• When language is used to feature something.

In Paper 1 - you must find language features only. These next ten questions will test your knowledge of language features - make sure that you are remembering these!

What is the definition of an adjective?

• A doing/action word.

• The word that describes the doing word.

• A word that describes a noun.

• A person, place or thing.

Which of the following is a correct example of an adjective?

• Beautiful

• Sprinting

• Phone

• BOOM!

What is the definition of a verb?

• A word that suggests something else.

• When you compare something to something else using 'as' or 'like'.

• To show that something is being done/an action is performed.

• To directly address the reader.

Which of the following is an example of a verb?

• Frightening

• Hey there!

• Thinking

• Paris

What is the definition of an adverb?

• To describe the verb.

• To describe the noun.

• To show action.

• To show possession.