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Quick questions on Sentence structure analysis: features and effect - SQA National 5 English
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What is match the feature to its typical effect?Show answer
Each feature has a usual effect you can adapt. A list suggests abundance, variety or being overwhelmed. A short sentence creates impact, shock or finality. Repetition hammers a point home and makes it memorable.
What is link the effect to the passage?Show answer
A generic effect is not enough; tie it to what is happening in the passage. If a list of disasters appears in a paragraph about a flood, explain that the piling up of items conveys how the disasters multiplied uncontrollably, matching the chaos of the flood. The link between feature, effect and content is what earns full marks.
What is q1?Show answer
A 2 mark sentence structure question asks how a short sentence creates impact. What must your answer contain to score? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
What is the usual effect of a long list in a passage, and why? [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Why does naming a feature such as "repetition" score zero on its own? [1 mark]
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