IGCSE
How much time do you have for Paper 1?
2 hours
What is it called when you compare something using 'like' or 'as'
A simile
Where and when a story, or part of a story, takes place
The setting
What traumatic event happens to Liesel on the train at the start of the novel?
Her brother dies
This is the reason a person creates a text or what they want to change with their text
Purpose
How many points is the Writer's Effect section worth?
15 points
What is it called when you compare something by saying it is the other thing
Metaphor
The main character of a story is called what?
The protagonist
This is one of the most important themes in The Book Thief. This is the book's narrator.
Death
Newspaper articles, essays, business reports or a letters to a magazine editor are almost always in _______ register
formal
What four-letter acronym (Starting with 'Q') can you use to describe the imagery or Writer's Effect of a phrase?
QMCE = Quote, Meaning, Connotation & Effect
When you exaggerate something to an extreme
Hyperbole
This is when you use descriptive language in a story to create strong imagery instead rather than only labeling the objects and things in a setting. It's an essential writing skill.
Showing vs. Telling
Where did Hans start to teach Liesel how to read?
The Hubermann's basement
This four-letter acronym describes important traits of a text, allowing someone to know what style to use when writing.
PAT(T)L = Purpose, Audience, Text Type, (Tone), Language
What is the skill called when you expand ideas from the IGCSE text and create possible new ones based on details inferred from the reading? Essential in Directed Writing.
Developing ideas
"The Sun smiled down on the weary travelers" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification
This is the stage when a potential issue or problem is introduced in a story, speeding up the action. This issue usually becomes the center of the plot.
Rising Action
What is the name of Liesel's friend who got in trouble for painting his face black with charcoal and acting like Jesse Owens?
Rudy
Each word has this. It is the feelings, emotions and ideas associated with specific word.
Home vs. House vs. Hut
Connotation
What is it called when you judge an idea presented in a text, discuss its pros/cons and explain whether it will work or not
Evaluate
When several words next to each other start with the same consonant letter.
Alliteration - She sells sea shells by the sea shore
This is when the author uses a symbol or event to give the reader a hint that something will happen in the future.
Foreshadowing
Liesel's father was killed and her mother was forced to give Liesel up for adoption because he was...
Communist
This is what the mental picture is called that a writer creates using descriptive and sensory language
Imagery