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Quick questions on Analysing imagery and language - CCEA GCSE English Literature
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what is being likened to what, and what does that suggest?Show answer
For word choice, consider the connotations a word carries and the feeling it brings. Then tie the effect to your reading of the character, theme or mood. This close, word-level analysis, explaining how the language works rather than naming the device, is the substance of AO2 and the difference between description and analysis.
What is q1?Show answer
Why analyse a few images closely rather than many briefly? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
How do you analyse a metaphor? [2 marks]
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What turns a quotation into a developed point? [2 marks]
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