English Y09 Aut1

Question 1

What is fear?

Answer 1

Fear is a state of being afraid; a feeling of uneasiness caused by potential danger. Fear is a universal emotion, although we all experience our own unique fears.

Question 2

What are the origins of the word fear?

Answer 2

The word fear traces back to the Old English faer, meaning calamity, danger or a sudden attack.

Question 3

What does it mean to be isolated?

Answer 3

Isolation means to be, or to feel, separated or far away from family, friends and life. Isolation is a sense of not belonging to society.

Question 4

What are the origins of the word isolation?

Answer 4

The word traces back to the Latin insula, which means island, something which is separated from the main body of land.

Question 5

What does the notion of the supernatural mean?

Answer 5

Supernatural means something which is outside of our understanding of nature. The supernatural is associated with ghosts and other spectral beings.

Question 6

What are the origins of the word supernatural?

Answer 6

The word traces back to the 15th Century, and originally meant ‘of or given by God’ changing in the 18th Century to mean ‘a supernatural being’.

Question 7

What is meant by the word revenge?

Answer 7

Revenge means to cause harm to someone in retaliation for an injury or hurt originally caused by them. People often believe that an act of revenge will make them feel better or teach someone a lesson.

Question 8

What are the origins of the word revenge?

Answer 8

The word traces back to the Latin vindicare which means ‘to lay claim to, avenge or punish’.

Question 9

What is writing to inform?

Answer 9

To tell your reader about somewhere/something they don’t know, or add to their knowledge of a place/location- showing your knowledge of the place.

Question 10

What is writing to explain?

Answer 10

To make clear what you know about this place and how you know this- explaining the key information you have given.

Question 11

What is writing to describe?

Answer 11

To give precise details about the, place, experience and journey.

Question 12

What is writing to persuade?

Answer 12

To manipulate or induce your reading into thinking the way you do or believing in your ideas and experience.

Question 13

What is an article?

Answer 13

A piece of writing included alongside others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication. Includes a headline, who, what, when, where, why and how.

Question 14

What is a blog?

Answer 14

An online journal or informational website displaying information on a particular topic of interest, in reverse chronological order, with the latest posts appearing first, at the top.

Question 15

What is the aim of a review?

Answer 15

The aim is to offer an honest critique of the place or journey under review, and to make a recommendation to your reader.

Question 16

What is a leaflet?

Answer 16

A small guide or advertisement containing pictures and information about a place of interest.

Question 17

What is a letter?

Answer 17

A formal account of your experience, to someone close to you- usually a friend or family member.

Question 18

Power of three

Answer 18

A writing principle that suggests that a trio of descriptions, or events is more satisfying, effective or easy to remember

Question 19

Emotive Language

Answer 19

When certain word choices are made to evoke an emotional response.

Question 20

Rhetorical Questions

Answer 20

A question asked to make a point, rather than get an answer.

Question 21

Statistics and Facts

Answer 21

The use of numerical data (statistics), or information that can be proven to be true (facts)

Question 22

Undermine opposing views

Answer 22

You evaluate the merits of your point and any evidence against it. This shows you’re willing to engage with other points of view, and rather than undermining your argument, it serves to strengthen it.

Question 23

Anecdotes

Answer 23

A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person- used to support your point.

Question 24

Direct Address

Answer 24

A speaker or writer communicates a message directly to another individual or group of individuals. The person(s) being addressed may be identified by name, nickname, the pronoun you, or an expression that’s either friendly or unfriendly.

Question 25

Exaggeration

Answer 25

A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.

Question 26

Say it again (Repetition)

Answer 26

Intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work.

Question 27

What is a simple sentence?

Answer 27

A sentence that consists of just one independent clause. A simple sentence has no dependent clauses. (An independent clause (unlike a dependent clause) can stand alone as a sentence.)

Question 28

What is a compound sentence?

Answer 28

Joins two or more sentences that have related ideas of equal importance. The two sentences go together. Each sentence or independent clause must still have a subject and a verb.

Question 29

What is a complex sentence?

Answer 29

A sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence.