RUAE Flashcards
(27 cards)
What does RUAE stand for?
Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation.
What are some trigger words for understanding questions?
What are the key points…
In your own words…
Summarize
Explain what
What are some trigger words for Analysis questions?
With out reference to the features of language used by the writer show how…
Analyse how techniques used by the writer…
How does the word choice/imagery used by the writer…
How is tone created…
What are some trigger words for Evaluate questions?
How effective is…
How well…
Once you have figured out what the question type is what should you do?
Look at the number of marks.
How should you answer an understanding question?
Bullet points, one per mark.
What are the 6 different language features?
Sentence structure Imagery Word choice Tone Linking sentences Turning point
What are the defining features of sentence structure?/what can you talk about with sentence structure?
Short/minor sentences, parenthesis, lists, punctuation.
What is imagery?
Metaphors, similes, personification.
How can you talk about tone?/What are the talking points?
Sarcastic, humorous, ironic, argumentative, bitter, frustrated…
How can you talk about tone?/What are the talking points?
Sarcastic, humorous, ironic, argumentative, bitter, frustrated…
What is Alliteration?
Words begining with the same letter/sound.
The rifles rapid rattle.
What is hyperbole?
Hyperbole is deliberate use of exaggeration to emphasise a point.
I’m giving it 200 percent!
What is onomatopoeia?
Onomatopoeia is when a word makes the sound the word is describing.
Stuttering rifles rapid rattled.
What is a simile?
A simile is a comparison.
He looked as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a cake.
What is the difference between similes and metaphors?
Similes always use like or as.
Metaphors say something is another.
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a comparison where one thing is described in terms of something else
His house was now a prison
What is pathetic fallacy?
Giving human emotions to non human objects.
Arise, fair sun, and kill envious moon.
What is the difference between personification and pathetic fallacy
Personification is any human attribute and pathetic fallacy is always human feelings
What is personification?
Personification is a comparison where something non-human is described in human terms.
Death stalked the battlefield.
What is sentence structure?
Sentence structure, in context, means how a sentence is built up or constructed.
What is repetition?
When single words or groups of words are repeated.
What is a list?
A list is a group of items grouped together for a reason.
Carrots, onions, garlic, toilet roll.
A shopping list.
Lists should be easy to understand.
What is a retorical question?
A question that is to make a point not an answer.
What time do you call this?
