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Unit 1: Perspectives in English
Quick questions on Aesthetic features and craft: QCE English Unit 1 Year 11
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What is 1. Voice?Show answer
Who speaks. First-person retrospective, first-person present, third-person limited, third-person omniscient, free indirect discourse. The choice of voice determines what the reader can know.
What is 2. Sentence shape?Show answer
Length, complexity, rhythm. Short sentences mark fact or finality. Long embedded sentences mark complexity or hesitation.
What is 3. Imagery?Show answer
Specific sensory rendering (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste). Concrete images outperform abstract ones.
What is 4. Motif?Show answer
A recurring image, phrase or object whose repetition accrues meaning across the text.
What is 5. Rhythm?Show answer
The cadence of paragraphs and sentences. Short paragraphs mark intensity; long paragraphs mark immersion.
What is 6. Focalisation?Show answer
Whose perception filters the events. Can be a single character, multiple characters, or external.
What is 7. Dialogue?Show answer
Direct speech, indirect speech, free indirect discourse, internal monologue. Each grants different access to character.
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