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  • What does the word 'nostalgia' mean?
    • feeling of discontent or resentment aroused by another's possessions
    • lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern towards something
    • showing compassion or understanding towards another's emotions or situation
    • understanding and sharing another's feelings, perspectives, and experiences
    • emotional longing for past experiences or moments, accompanied by fond memories  ✓
  • If the meaning of something is uncertain and it is open to multiple interpretations, we could describe it as...
    • 'ambiguous' ✓
  • Words such as 'perhaps', 'possibly', 'may', 'suggests', that offer a response rather than stating it as a concrete fact are examples of __________ language.
    • inventive
    • alternative
    • tentative  ✓
    • exhaustive
    • ablative
  • Match up each of these words to the correct meaning.
    • rural
      ⇔
      relating to countryside areas, villages or farming communities ✓
    • urban
      ⇔
      relating to cities or densely populated areas; modern and diverse ✓
    • media
      ⇔
      channels of communication, such as newspapers, TV, and the internet ✓
    • agricultural
      ⇔
      relating to farming or cultivation of crops/livestock for food ✓
    • wholesome
      ⇔
      embodying purity, goodness, and moral integrity ✓
    • yearning
      ⇔
      deep longing or intense desire for something ✓
  • What is symbolism?
    • repeating words at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases for emphasis
    • series of items in a sentence without conjunctions, creating a sense of urgency
    • attribution of human characteristics to non-human entities, animals, or objects
    • signifying ideas, emotions or concepts through concrete objects or actions  ✓
    • repetition of hissing "s" or "sh" sounds in speech or writing for effect
  • Analysis should be led by __________ and supported by evidence from the text.
    • identification of writer's methods
    • key quotations
    • key ideas/inferences  ✓
    • wider contextual knowledge
    • facts about the text
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