Every card in Analysing texts, Year 7: more practice
The whole deck, in order — so you can read it through before your child ever sees it.
- A writer describes a market as 'a riot of orange, scarlet and gold'. Which sense is this imagery mainly appealing to?
Sight
HintThink about which feature of the market the words pick out.
WhyColour words build a picture in the mind's eye. Imagery can also call on sound, smell, taste and touch.
- What is the name for a word that sounds like the noise it describes, such as 'hiss' or 'clank'?
Onomatopoeia
HintSay the word aloud: it is an echo of the thing itself.
WhyWriters use these words to let the reader hear a scene, so a description feels immediate.
- 'Her laugh was like a bell ringing in an empty hall.' Is this a simile or a metaphor?
Simile
HintLook for a signpost word joining the two things.
WhyThe word 'like' signals the comparison. A metaphor would say her laugh WAS a bell.
- What is the term for describing a non-human thing as if it had human feelings or actions, as in 'the wind whispered through the trees'?
Personification
HintA hidden word inside it names what the thing is made to resemble.
WhyThe wind cannot whisper, but the phrase makes it seem to. It helps the reader hear the sound of the wind.
- In 'The sea swallowed the little boat whole', which word gives the sea a human action?
swallowed
HintWhich word is something only a creature with a mouth does?
WhySwallowing is something living things do, so the verb makes the sea seem hungry and dangerous.
- Which version embeds the quotation better? A: Kay is nervous. “Her hands shook.” B: Kay is nervous because “her hands shook”.
B
HintCount the full stops.
WhyB weaves the quotation into the writer's own grammar, so it reads as one smooth sentence. A leaves it hanging as a separate sentence.
- A student writes: The writer says “the room was cold”. This quote shows the room was cold. What is wrong with the second sentence?
It only repeats the quotation instead of explaining it
HintHas anything new been said?
WhyGood analysis says what the words suggest, such as that the room feels unwelcoming, not just that they say it again.
- A poem has four lines ending in these words: mat, door, attic, floor. Which two lines rhyme?
Lines 2 and 4
HintSay the last word of each line aloud.
Why'Door' and 'floor' share their ending sound. 'Mat' and 'attic' do not rhyme with anything.
- A character says, “Get out of my way, or you'll be sorry.” Which method of characterisation is this: speech, action or appearance?
Speech
HintLook at what is inside the inverted commas.
WhyWhat a character says reveals their personality, here someone aggressive and threatening.
- Which sentence sets a gloomy atmosphere: 'Sunlight danced on the lake' or 'A grey drizzle clung to the empty street'?
'A grey drizzle clung to the empty street'
HintLook at the weather and the colour words.
WhyGrey, drizzle and empty all build a dull, lonely mood. 'Danced' and 'sunlight' make the first sound cheerful.
1★ KS3-ENLA-ANA-0063
2★ KS3-ENLA-ANA-0064
3★ KS3-ENLA-ANA-0065
4★ KS3-ENLA-ANA-0066
5★ KS3-ENLA-ANA-0067
6★ KS3-ENLA-ANA-0068
7★ KS3-ENLA-ANA-0069
8★ KS3-ENLA-ANA-0070
9★ KS3-ENLA-ANA-0071
10★ KS3-ENLA-ANA-0072
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