Hamlet Close Language Skills

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  • Created by: j16dunne
  • Created on: 13-03-20 16:29
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  • Close Analysis Skills
    • What is the extract about?
      • Key plot points
      • Themes
    • What questions are raised by the speech?
      • Symbolism?
      • Word choices/ meaning
    • What big ideas are explored here?
      • Theme?
      • Relationship?
      • Character?
    • What view of life is presented here?
      • Characters
      • Status
      • Society
      • General Context
    • What is the overall mood and atmosphere?
      • NVC
      • Semantic Fields
      • Tone
      • Word Choices
    • Structure
      • Character development
      • Soliloquoy
      • Sentence lengths and types
      • Connections between different ideas
    • Punctuation
      • Dialogue/ reported speech
      • Knowledge of characters
      • Interesting
      • Changes in thoughts
      • Use of colons/ semi-colons
    • Imagery
      • Metaphors etc.
      • Explore their effect
      • Any patterns?
      • Imagery as a whole
    • Verse form/ metre/ rhythm
      • Emphasis on key words
      • Moments of disruption
      • Enjambement
      • Word patterns
    • Antithesis/ Opposition
      • Positive/ negative
      • Explore effect
      • Impact on whole extract
      • most significant opposition and why?
    • Repetition/ Doubling
      • Why do words get repeated?
      • Effect of repetition
      • Examples of doubles/ pairs

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