A-Level English Literature Analysis

Question 1

In Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', what literary device is employed in the soliloquy 'To be, or not to be'?

Accepted Answer

Antithesis

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Onomatopoeia

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Hyperbole

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Litotes

Question 2

Which narrative perspective does F. Scott Fitzgerald use in 'The Great Gatsby'?

Accepted Answer

First person peripheral narrator (Nick Carraway)

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Third person omniscient

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Second person

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First person protagonist

Question 3

What is pathetic fallacy?

Accepted Answer

The attribution of human emotions to nature or weather to reflect the mood of characters or events

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A logical error in an argument

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The use of animals to represent human characteristics

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A deliberately misleading statement by the narrator

Question 4

In 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens, Scrooge primarily functions as which type of character?

Accepted Answer

A dynamic character who undergoes significant transformation

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A static character who remains unchanged

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A stock character with no development

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A foil character who contrasts with the protagonist

Question 5

What is the term for a recurring symbol, image, or theme throughout a literary work?

Accepted Answer

Motif

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Allegory

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Metaphor

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Irony

Question 6

In poetry analysis, what does enjambment refer to?

Accepted Answer

A sentence or phrase that continues beyond the end of a line without punctuation

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The repetition of vowel sounds within words

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A pause in the middle of a line of verse

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The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables