Types of Questions: Analysis (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards

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Types of Questions: Analysis
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Analysis Qs focus on HOW or WHAT meaning?

HOW effects are created, not WHAT passage means

4 broad headings of language techniques

Word choice, imagery, structure/punctuation, tone

3-part analysis process

Locate, Identify, Explain

Denotation definition

Dictionary definition of a word

Connotation definition

Ideas & feelings word suggests beyond literal meaning

Simile definition

Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Metaphor definition

Comparison where one item becomes other, no 'like'/'as'

Personification definition

Inanimate object spoken of as if human/alive

Alliteration definition

Repetition of consonant sound at start of words

Formula for analyzing comparisons

Just as X is Y, so, too, is Z

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