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January 1984 5-a-day

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January 1984

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  1. 1st January 1984Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  2. 2nd January 1984Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  3. 3rd January 1984Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
  4. 4th January 1984In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
  5. 5th January 1984Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
  6. 6th January 1984Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
  7. 7th January 1984Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
  8. 8th January 1984What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
  9. 9th January 1984True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
  10. 10th January 1984Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
  11. 11th January 1984Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
  12. 12th January 1984In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
  13. 13th January 1984Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
  14. 14th January 1984Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
  15. 15th January 1984How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  16. 16th January 1984Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
  17. 17th January 1984Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
  18. 18th January 1984Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
  19. 19th January 1984Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
  20. 20th January 1984How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
  21. 21st January 1984Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
  22. 22nd January 1984Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
  23. 23rd January 1984Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
  24. 24th January 1984Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
  25. 25th January 1984Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
  26. 26th January 1984Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
  27. 27th January 1984Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
  28. 28th January 1984What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
  29. 29th January 1984Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
  30. 30th January 1984Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
  31. 31st January 1984What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?

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