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Instructions for Side by Side Printing
  1. Print the notecards
  2. Fold each page in half along the solid vertical line
  3. Cut out the notecards by cutting along each horizontal dotted line
  4. Optional: Glue, tape or staple the ends of each notecard together
  1. Verify Front of pages is selected for Viewing and print the front of the notecards
  2. Select Back of pages for Viewing and print the back of the notecards
    NOTE: Since the back of the pages are printed in reverse order (last page is printed first), keep the pages in the same order as they were after Step 1. Also, be sure to feed the pages in the same direction as you did in Step 1.
  3. Cut out the notecards by cutting along each horizontal and vertical dotted line
To print: Ctrl+PPrint as a list

7 notecards = 2 pages (4 cards per page)

Viewing:

NCEA Levels 2-3 Language Features

front 1

Antithesis

"To err is human, to forgive, divine."

back 1

Placing contrasting terms or ideas close together in a parallel structure.

Eg: "My only love sprung from my only hate."

Effect: to emphasise their difference and give the effect of balance

front 2

Apostrophe

back 2

A direct address to a person or personified idea.

Eg: O death! Where is thy sting?

Effect: A cry, or outpouring of emotion

front 3

Caesura

back 3

An audible pause in a line of poetry

Eg: "If this proves true, they'll pay for it. By my honour."

Effect: to create a dramatic (or rhythmic) effect. Notice the difference between the comma and the full stop above.

front 4

Symbolism

back 4

A word or phrase signifying a sign or mark representing something else

The dove (of peace), the cross (Christianity)

Effect: A symbol brings a significant idea and all its connotations in a single word/phrase

front 5

Enjambment

back 5

When the meaning from a line of poetry is completed on the next line.

"How long have they tugged the leash, and strained apart,

My pack of unruly hounds."

Effect: Emphasises an idea or adds to the flow of the line

front 6

End stopped line

back 6

The lines of a stanza that give a grammatical pause at the end of each line

"I can haul and urge them no more."

Purpose: To complete an idea both visually and grammatically

front 7

Sibilance

back 7

The repetition of the consonant sound /s/ or /z/

Effect: hissing sound; onomatopoeic effect

Purpose: to slow the reader.