Poetic Techniques
He was a brave as a lion
What is the difference between demand gaze and offer gaze?
Demand gaze: the subject of the image looks at the viewer
Offer: the subject of the image is looking within the image
Give an example of a statistic
100% of year 11 are studying hard for their trial exam
What does PETAL stand for?
Point, example, technique, analysis, link
Give an example of a line that uses alliteration
Define Salience
Give two examples of a personal anecdote
I remember when I sat my trial exams...
When I was in year 11, I remember thinking...
Define dialogue and write a line in the board using correct punctuation
"Trial exams are my favourite time of year", my teachers said.
Outline the structure you should be following for an extended response
Introduction, PETAL 1, PETAL 2, conclusion
What is a stanza?
a 'paragraph' of a poem
What is the symbolism for these three colours:
Red, Yellow, Blue
Give an example of a phrase using high modality and a phrase using low modality
I invariably studied every night for my English exams
I potentially might have studied for my English exams
What could a flower symbolise in a text?
growth, beauty, self development
What is the difference between a linear narrative and a non-linear narrative?
Linear - in chronological order
Non - linear, moves forward and backwards
Name three techniques you can identify in this line:
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper
onomatopoeia, repetition, anaphora
Define and give an example of three sentences that use anaphora
Repeating the same word or phrase at the beginning of multiple sentences
We shall fight on the beaches
We shall fight on the landing grounds
We shall fight in the fields and in the streets
Define allusion and give an example of one used in a text
referring to a text within another text e.g. 'He was a Judas' (Hunger Games)
a recurring symbol throughout a text. For example, hunting in the hunger games.
Create three lines of a poem containing at least 6 poetic techniques (write it on the board)
See board
Define reading path, find an example of one in the classroom and explain it
the way that the features of a text determine the way we read it
Define and give an example of hypophora
Asking a question and answering it straight away
How great is English class? It's the best class in the school!
What technique is this an example of?
'A day was twenty four hours long but seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was no where to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see'.
Hyperbole
Define in medias res
Narratives that begin in the middle of the action of a story