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Learning 4

Vocabulary
• Bias – Unfairly putting opinions above facts.
• Register – Formal or informal English.
• Stress – Which part of the word or sentence is emphasised.
• Mood – Whether the story or poem is happy, sad, spooky etc.
• Theme – An idea in the story.
• Secondary character – A character who moves the action along.
• Minor sentence – A sentence without a verb.
Images
• Visual image – Something you can see in a story or poem.
• Aural image – Something you can hear in a story or poem.
• Olfactory image – Something you can smell in a story or poem.
Inference
• Something we can asssume based on evidence.
• Reading for information that isn't explicitly stated.
Reading and writing
• Lullaby
• Autobiography
• Monologue, solliloquay, speech
• Letter
• Essay
• Short stories
• Poetry
• Account
Dramatic effect
• Flashback – A memory in a story that comes to life.
• Foreshadow – Predicting the future in a story.
• Closure/Resolution An ending that is satisfying because all
ended happily with all problems solved.
Literary Terminology Match these key terms to the examples:

LITERARY TERM EXAMPLES


1. Simile As bright as a star. Deep and murky like the ocean.
2. Metaphor The moon was a silver coin. A sea of trees. Endless summers
3. Personification The cold hand of fear ran an icy finger down my neck.
4. Repetition The ghost appeared. The ghost spoke. The ghost vanished.
5. Alliteration A fearsome fox. The house of horrors. Tearful toddlers.
6. Onomatopoeia Whoosh. Tweet. Drip. Screech. Buzz. Flip-flop.
7. Rhyme Tiger, tiger burning bright/ In the forests of the night.
8. Assonance The blue flute. Free to dream. Brighter times ahead.
9. Oxymoron Deafening silence. The living dead. A small crowd.
10. Euphemism Restroom (toilet). Passed on (died). ‘Interesting’ taste (yuck!)
Punctuation: Insert the punctuation marks into the examples:

PUNCTUATION MARK EXAMPLE


1. Semi-colon ; There was a pause; nobody spoke.
Lizzy was the winner; I had to settle for silver.
2. Colon : He tumbled in breathlessly, full of excuses: he was
late again.
3. Dash – She said they would win – she was right.
The storm was terrible – the worst in living memory
4. Hyphen - Knee-length shorts. Parent-teacher meeting.
Health and Well-being.
5. Parenthesis () ‘Hey, Bright Eyes!’ (for that was what they called
me in those days) ‘Good to see you!’
6. Ellipsis … There was a loud scream and then … silence.
Engines revved. The journey was about to begin …
Language Terminology Match these key terms to the examples:

LANGUAGE TERM EXAMPLES


1. Headline Man Falls Fowl of Duck Protection Laws!
2. Sub-headings Getting There Things to Do Prices Further Information
3. Rhetorical Question What could be better than eternal happiness?
4. Hyperbole There are a million reasons why you should join us.
5. Pronouns Your country needs YOU. We are one body. Us and them.
6. Direct Address Good afternoon my friends, it is good to be with you today
7. Imperative Make sure you arrive before dawn. Take a warm jumper.
8. Slogan Red Bull Gives You Wings Be the Best You Can Be
9. Emotive Language Just $1 could help to save this poor, defenceless creature
10. Power of three This policy is old-fashioned, impractical and unfair.

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