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Summary Unseen poetry study pack - practice questions - different difficulties - how to approach these exam questions - professor material
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English
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GCSE
An in-depth explanation of how to approach unseen poetry in the AQA GCSE English examination - includes different practice extracts and questions on 3 different levels of difficulty - example essay answers shown at the end with teacher markings - necessary for an easy response to the real exam ques...
, Table of Contents
Poetic terminology .............................................................................................. 3-5
Approaching the exam question ............................................................................. 6
Sample 1 (unseen and unseen comparison) ......................................................... 7-8
Practice 1 (unseen and unseen comparison) ...................................................... 9-10
Practice 2 (unseen and unseen comparison) .................................................... 11-12
Practice 3 (unseen and unseen comparison) .................................................... 13-14
Practice 4 (unseen and unseen comparison) .................................................... 15-16
Practice 5 (unseen and unseen comparison) .................................................... 17-18
Practice 6 (unseen and unseen comparison) .................................................... 19-20
Practice 7 (unseen and unseen comparison) .................................................... 21-22
Practice 8 (unseen and unseen comparison) .................................................... 23-24
Practice 9 (unseen) ............................................................................................... 25
Practice 10 (unseen) ............................................................................................. 26
Sample answer practice 5 .................................................................................... 27
Example answer sample 1 (unseen (18/25) ...................................................... 28-30
Example answer sample 1 (unseen (24/25) ...................................................... 31-33
Example answer sample 1 (unseen comparison (5/8) ....................................... 34-35
Example answer sample 1 (unseen comparison 7/8) ........................................ 36-37
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, Poetic Terminology - LANGUAGE
Assonance
The repetition of the same vowel sounds and letters.
Alliteration
The repetition of the same consonant sounds and letters, often at the beginning of words.
Antithesis
The opposition of words/phrases or ideas that are put against each other in a sentence (e.g.
'More light and light, more dark and dark our woes' Act 3, Scene 5 Romeo and Juliet).
Connotations
The thoughts and/or feelings generated by a word or phrase. Further associations that a
word or phrase suggests beyond its actual meaning
Emotive language
Language that appeals to the reader's emotions.
Figurative language
Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal
interpretation.
Hyperbole
To emphasise a point by exaggerating.
Imagery
The use of descriptive language to evoke pictures, emotions and images in the reader's
mind.
Metaphor
A figure of speech, in which two things are compared usually by saying one thing is another.
Onomatopoeia
Words that sound like the thing they are describing (e.g. hiss).
Oxymoron
A figure of speech combining two opposites (e.g. 'feather of lead', 'cold fire' Romeo and
Juliet).
Pathetic fallacy
Attributing human emotions and traits to nature or inanimate objects. Weather and light is
used to reflect the mood or atmosphere of a text or event.
Personification
Inanimate (non-human) things or ideas are given human characteristics (e.g. the tree was
crying).
Rhetorical question
A question that is used for persuasive effect or to make the reader think. It does not require
an answer.
Sibilance
The repetition of 's' or 'sh' sounds.
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, Simile
Two things are compared by using the words 'like' or 'as'.
Symbolism
When something (character, object, colour etc.) is used to represent an abstract idea or
concept.
Tone
Mood or atmosphere of a text.
Poetic Terminology - STRUCTURE
Accent
A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular
country, area, or social class.
Anaphora
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a line, clause or sentence.
Dialect
A particular form of a language, specific to a region or social group.
Caesura
A strong pause within a line, and is often found alongside enjambment.
Enjambment
A line ending in which the sense continues, with no punctuation, into the next line or
stanza.
Elegy
A poem that laments the death of someone or is simply sad or thoughtful.
Juxtaposition
Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
Octave
Stanza made up of eight lines written in iambic pentameter. Usually found in the first part
of Petrarchan sonnet.
Quatrain
Stanza made up of four lines.
Refrain
A phrase, line or group of lines repeated throughout a poem.
Rhyme
The same, or similar, sounds at the ends of verse lines.
Rhyming couplet
Two lines that rhyme, often completing one thought.
Sestet
Stanza made up of six lines written in iambic pentameter. Usually found in the second part
of Petrarchan sonnet.
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