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February 1991 - GCSE 5-a-day

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February 1991

28 sheets · 140 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st February 1991Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  2. 2nd February 1991True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  3. 3rd February 1991How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  4. 4th February 1991Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
  5. 5th February 1991Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  6. 6th February 1991Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  7. 7th February 1991Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
  8. 8th February 1991In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
  9. 9th February 1991Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
  10. 10th February 1991Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
  11. 11th February 1991Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
  12. 12th February 1991Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
  13. 13th February 1991True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
  14. 14th February 1991Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
  15. 15th February 1991Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
  16. 16th February 1991In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
  17. 17th February 1991Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
  18. 18th February 1991Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
  19. 19th February 1991What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
  20. 20th February 1991Why is the opening sentence ironic?
  21. 21st February 1991Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
  22. 22nd February 1991Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
  23. 23rd February 1991Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
  24. 24th February 1991How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
  25. 25th February 1991Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
  26. 26th February 1991Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
  27. 27th February 1991Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
  28. 28th February 1991Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.

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