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Analysing how poets reflect desire in natural settings

Quiz by Oak National Academy: GCSE English Edexcel

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  • Q1
    What does the word 'nuanced' mean?
    comprehensive, thorough, including many specifics or particulars
    uses a range of sentence types to engage the reader
    uncertain or provisional, subject to change or adjustment
    subtly different aspects or details, often with underlying complexity
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  • Q2
    To ensure your analysis is detailed, you should...
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  • Q3
    Identify the sentence fragment which is a participle phrase. 'Writing in the Georgian era, which was known to be patriarchal, Barrett Browning's writing often uses a strong, powerful female voice.'
    "strong, powerful"
    "Writing in the Georgian, era which was known to be patriarchal,"
    "which was known to be patriarchal"
    "Writing"
    "Barrett Browning's writing often uses a strong, powerful female voice"
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  • Q4
    Why do we use tentative language?
    Because we cannot ever be certain about why a writer made certain choices.
    It means we can get away with being a bit wrong.
    It's the way we traditionally structure analysis writing.
    Because a writer may change their mind about why they did something.
    Because we haven't read enough poetry to be sure.
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  • Q5
    Choose the best participle phrase to add to the beginning of this sentence. __________ Dooley uses 'Letters from Yorkshire' to consider the complexities of long-distance relationships.
    Exploring the theme of communication often in her poetry,
    Arguably a poem about unrequited romance
    Written in the twenty-first century,
    Believed to be one of the first Romantic poets,
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  • Q6
    Why is using advanced vocabulary important to ensuring your analysis writing is nuanced?
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