Unfamiliar Text

Question 1

What is a Prose?

Answer 1

A prose is an ordinary speech or writing without rhyming structure.

Question 2

Poetry?

Answer 2

Poetry uses aesthetic/rhythmic qualities of language.

Question 3

What are sound techniques?

Answer 3

1. Onomatopoeia
2. Sibilance
3. Alliteration
4. Assonance
5. Consonance
6. Repetition

Question 4

What are visual techniques?

Answer 4

1. Simile
2. Metaphor
3. Personification
4. Symbol
5. Allusion

Question 5

What are vocabulary techniques?

Answer 5

1. Euphemism
2. Compound adjectives
3. Neologism
4. Portmanteau
5. Jargon
6. Pun

Question 6

Other techniques?

Answer 6

1. Personal Pronoun
2. Listing/ triple structure
3. Imperative

Question 7

What is Onomatopoeia?
And the effect of it?

Answer 7

Onomatopoeia is the use of words that create the sound representing.

By using onomatopoeic words the writing is bought to life through the sound.

Question 8

What is sibilance and the effect?

Answer 8

Sibiliance is when the “s” constant is repeated in 2 or more words.

Silbilance reinforces softer sounds to impart a whispering or gentle tone and rhythm.

Question 9

What is Alliteration and effect of it?

Answer 9

Alliteration is reapeating a constant sound at the start of 2 or more words.

Repeated consonant sound create a tone and rhythm which connects the subject matter.

Question 10

What is Assonance and the effect of it?

Answer 10

Assonance is the repetion of vowel sound across two or more words.

It creates a tone

Question 11

What is consonance and the effect of it?

Answer 11

Consonance is the repetition of consonance sound across two or more words.

Tone and rhythm

Question 12

What is repetition and the effect of it?

Answer 12

Repetition is repeating a specific word for impact.

Highlights and connects with the key idea.

Question 13

What is similie?

Answer 13

Comparison using the word like or as.

Increase readers understanding of the object by comparing it indirectly to something the reader will recognise.

Question 14

What is metaphor?

Answer 14

Metaphor is directly comparing one thing to another.

It increase readers understanding of the matter by comparing it to something the reader familiar with.

Question 15

What is personification?

Answer 15

Personification is giving human qualities to non-human things.

By using human qualities we can relate more to the image.

Question 16

What is symbol?

Answer 16

An object or word that represent another idea through its connotation.

Question 17

Allusion?

Answer 17

A brief, indirect reference to a generally known person, place or literacy work.

Question 18

What is Euphemism?

Answer 18

Euphemism is a polite way to express something distressing, impolite or distasteful.

It avoids bluntness and gives impression that the speaker is sensitive to the situation.

Question 19

What is compound adjectives?

Answer 19

Compound adjectives is two words joined by a hyphen to supply and immediate description.

Question 20

What is neologism?

Answer 20

Newly created or coined word.

Question 21

What is Portmanteau?

Answer 21

Portmanteau is word formed by blending part of 2 words.

Question 22

Jargon?

Answer 22

Jargon is technical terms related to specific field or expertise.

It will assume that the reader will be familiar with the terminology.

Question 23

What is a pun?

Answer 23

A play on word.

Question 24

What is a personal pronoun and the effect of it?

Answer 24

Personal pronoun is a pronoun that replaces a name to personalise a POV.

Emphasize a personal POV.
Use of “we” or “us” as an inclusive pronoun. “they” are exclusive and distancing pronoun.

Question 25

What is listing?

Answer 25

List of items with commas or colon.

Question 26

Imperative

Answer 26

Command or directive in verb form.

Question 27

what is a predicate?

Answer 27

A predicate is a verb.

Question 28

Simple sentence?

Answer 28

Simple sentence needs a predicate (verb) and a subject.

Question 29

Compound sentence?

Answer 29

Compound sentence is made up of 2 simple sentences that are joined together by a conjunction.

Question 30

Complex sentence

Answer 30

Made up of one dominat clause and one subordinate clause (which relies on the dominant clause to make sense).

Question 31

Loose sentences?

Answer 31

Main clause at the begging

Question 32

Periodic sentence?

Answer 32

Main idea at the end, making build-up tension.

Question 33

Parallel structure?

Answer 33

Repetition of word order in a sentence.

Question 34

Balanced sentence?

Answer 34

Two or more clauses of opposite meaning.

Question 35

Minor sentence?

Answer 35

sentence missing a subject or a verb.

Question 36

Juxtapostion?

Answer 36

the placing of contrasting ideas side by side to reinforce difference.

Question 37

Parantheses?

Answer 37

Comments or modifiers inserted into the sentence.

Question 38

negatives

Answer 38

including not, never, neither, nor , no to emphasize the negativeness.

Question 39

What is Italic used for in text?

Answer 39

Thoughts

Question 40

How to identify the target audience in a text?

Answer 40

Look at the jargon or words used as it will assume the reader will know these terms and will not give explanation for it.

Question 41

Oxymoron

Answer 41

Oxymoron is joining 2 seemingly contradictory terms.

Question 42

What is a paradox?

Answer 42

Paradox us a statement that might at first appear to be contradictory, but that may in fact contain some truth.

Question 43

What is mood?

Answer 43

Mood is the atmosphere of the text, the overall feeling you experience as you read.

Question 44

What is tone?

Answer 44

Tone is the feeling being expressed by the writer.

Question 45

What is happening when the text is about expressing and reflecting?

Answer 45

The author is trying to express and reflect on life experiences. When reflecting the author is looking backward to look forward.

Question 46

What is happening when the text's purpose is informing and explaining?

Answer 46

It's when they state a point and explain. They will present info in an engaging way.

Question 47

What's happening when the text's purpose is evaluating and judging?

Answer 47

The author is explaining the worth of something.

Question 48

What is happening when the purpose is to inquire and explore?

Answer 48

Introduce a problem and state a solution.

Question 49

What's happening when the purpose is to analyse and interpret.

Answer 49

Unpack reasons to why and how something is certain.

Question 50

What's happening when the purpose is to persuade?

Answer 50

Persuade the reader to accept a position on the issue.

Question 51

What are the 6 real-world writing context?

Answer 51

1. Express and Reflect 2. Inform & Explain 3. Evaluate and Judge 4. Inquire and Explore 5. Analyse and Interpret 6. Persuasive