Post by awaddell on Oct 25, 2013 10:40:24 GMT
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Just as... so
Try explaining the effectiveness of tehse comparisons using the 'just as... so' formula.
1. "His face was deathly pale, and the lines of it were hard like drawn wires." (Dracula)
2. The raindrops made maps of the windows; roads we had walked and paths that we had yet to follow.
3. The thunder shelled through letter boxes and hurtled through the corridors like bombs.
4. The sky was coloured like a mosiac of love, birth and death.
5. The football fields formed a jungle for the uncivilised and untamed.
From Revision Class
Formulas:
Link -
linking word or phrase
Previous idea
Current idea
Next idea
Word Choice -
Denotation
Connotation
Effect
Imagery –
Just as..so
Figures of Speech
SOUND
Alliteration – rep of same letter (or sound)
Onomatopoeia – sound word
IMAGERY
Simile – comparison, like or as
Metaphor – comparison, more direct
Personification – inanimate object given a human quality
Pun – play on words, meaning and sound
Sentence Structure
Short – minor sentence, one-word, short, snappy
Long/list – series of commas, numerous points
Parenthesis – added information
Rhetorical Question – engage reader, make a point, confusion
Linking – links statement/paragraph with another by referring to a similar or same idea
Fact/Statistic/Intertextual Reference
Tone
Humorous
Informal
Formal
Personal
Serious
Sarcastic
Final Question
6 marks
May be asked about:
Positives and negatives made about topic
Writer’s style
Writer’s points
In your own words as far as possible…
In questions that ask you to “explain” the use of the technique, you must give an example and state what the technique consists of.
www.theguardian.com/profile/charliebrooker
Just as... so
Try explaining the effectiveness of tehse comparisons using the 'just as... so' formula.
1. "His face was deathly pale, and the lines of it were hard like drawn wires." (Dracula)
2. The raindrops made maps of the windows; roads we had walked and paths that we had yet to follow.
3. The thunder shelled through letter boxes and hurtled through the corridors like bombs.
4. The sky was coloured like a mosiac of love, birth and death.
5. The football fields formed a jungle for the uncivilised and untamed.
From Revision Class
Formulas:
Link -
linking word or phrase
Previous idea
Current idea
Next idea
Word Choice -
Denotation
Connotation
Effect
Imagery –
Just as..so
Figures of Speech
SOUND
Alliteration – rep of same letter (or sound)
Onomatopoeia – sound word
IMAGERY
Simile – comparison, like or as
Metaphor – comparison, more direct
Personification – inanimate object given a human quality
Pun – play on words, meaning and sound
Sentence Structure
Short – minor sentence, one-word, short, snappy
Long/list – series of commas, numerous points
Parenthesis – added information
Rhetorical Question – engage reader, make a point, confusion
Linking – links statement/paragraph with another by referring to a similar or same idea
Fact/Statistic/Intertextual Reference
Tone
Humorous
Informal
Formal
Personal
Serious
Sarcastic
Final Question
6 marks
May be asked about:
Positives and negatives made about topic
Writer’s style
Writer’s points
In your own words as far as possible…
In questions that ask you to “explain” the use of the technique, you must give an example and state what the technique consists of.