Hamlet Close Language Skills
- 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
- What is the extract about?
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