Paper 1 Items
The meaning of the cliché "Time heals all wounds". (Wording of answer may vary)
What is "things will get better as time passes"?
The time and place a story takes place.
What is the setting?
This part of a report indicates who, what, when, where and why.
What is the introduction?
The claim and main points written towards the end of the introduction.
What is the thesis?
The word limit for the summary.
What is 120 words?
The redundancy in the sentence "The ATM machine is broken again".
What is "ATM machine"?
The way that authors reveal the personalities of characters.
What is characterization?
This tone is needed when writing a report.
What is a formal tone?
This is needed at the start of the introduction.
What is a hook?
A word or phrase used to show the relationship between ideas.
What is a transitional word/phrase?
The literary device in the statement "Officer Ronald got his licence suspended because of unpaid parking tickets."
What is "situational irony"?
The message of a work of literature that is not directly stated.
What is the theme?
Full words should be used instead of these two shortened forms.
What are contractions and abbreviations?
The meaning of P.E.E. in argumentative/persuasive writing.
What is Point, Evidence, Explanation?
This is done to put the main ideas of the passage into your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
The synonyms in the sentence "Larry's family did not make a lot growing up so when he got older he worked hard to accumulate a fortune."
What is "make" and "accumulate"?
The general perspective that a story is told from.
What is point of view/narrative voice?
Reports should be written from this perspective. (1st, 2nd, or 3rd person)
What is third person?
The main function of the conclusion.
What is restate the main points?
This is needed apart from the main ideas for summary writing.
What is supporting details?
The error in the sentence "Having seen the weather forecast, we decided to postpone our trip to the beach."
What is "no error"?
The author's use of hints about what is to come in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
This type of informal words/language should be avoided in report writing.
What is slang or colloquialism?
This persuasive technique groups three words, ideas or phrases for added effect.
What is tricolon?
Three things that should be omitted from summaries. (Answers may vary)
What are lists, extended explanations, examples, repetition/redundancies, statistics, etc.?