English EoY revision

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The same letter/sound at the beginning of words which are close together, eg “bright blue balloon

Question 2

Anecdote

Answer 2

A short personal story which illustrates the point or idea being discussed

Question 3

Assonance

Answer 3

The same VOWEL (a,e,i,o,u) sounds repeated in a phrase or stanza. eg “insistent drizzle irritating me.”

Question 4

Ballad

Answer 4

A usually long poem in regular stanzas which tells a story. eg The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Question 5

Caesura

Answer 5

A break or pause in the middle of a line of poetry, usually signalled by punctuation like a full stop.

Question 6

Clause

Answer 6

A phrase which is a ‘thought’, usually with a subject and verb eg “The tiger growled.

Question 7

Climax

Answer 7

The most intense, gripping moment in a story; the top of the five-part ‘mountain’

Question 8

Complex sentence

Answer 8

A sentence where at least one clause is dependent on the main clause. Eg “The tiger, which was a particularly fierce one, growled when it saw the hyena approach.”

Question 9

Compound sentence

Answer 9

A sentence with two independent clauses eg “The tiger growled but it was not looking for its prey.” and a connective joining them.