KS3 anaphora and reference self-assessment
[2016 note: Unfortunately it was not possible to reconstruct the answer file, but the questions may still be helpful.]
1. Scrooge
In this passage, a number of words are underlined in colour. Click on the words which belong to the reference chain which starts with the word uncle, then answer the question below.
`A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!’ cried a cheerful voice. It was the voice of Scrooge‘s nephew, who came upon him so quickly that this was the first intimation he had of his approach. `Bah!’ said Scrooge, `Humbug!’ He had so heated himself with rapid walking in the fog and frost, this nephew of Scrooge‘s, that he was all in a glow; his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled, and his breath smoked again. `Christmas a humbug, uncle!’ said Scrooge‘s nephew. `You don’t mean that, I am sure?’ `I do,’ said Scrooge. `Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? What reason have you to be merry? You‘re poor enough.’ `Come, then,’ returned the nephew gaily. `What right have you to be dismal? What reason have you to be morose? You‘re rich enough.’ Scrooge having no better answer ready on the spur of the moment, said `Bah!’ again; and followed it up with `Humbug.’ `Don’t be cross, uncle!’ said the nephew. `What else can I be,’ returned the uncle, `when I live in such a world of fools as this? (Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol)
Which of the following anaphoric devices were used in this reference chain?
pronoun – definiteness – ellipsis – lexical relationship – substitution – apposition – bridging
2. Scrooge’s nephew
In the same passage, repeated below, click on all the words that are in the same reference chain as nephew.
`A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!’ cried a cheerful voice. It was the voice of Scrooge‘s nephew, who came upon him so quickly that this was the first intimation he had of his approach. `Bah!’ said Scrooge, `Humbug!’ He had so heated himself with rapid walking in the fog and frost, this nephew of Scrooge‘s, that he was all in a glow; his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled, and his breath smoked again. `Christmas a humbug, uncle!’ said Scrooge‘s nephew. `You don’t mean that, I am sure?’ `I do,’ said Scrooge. `Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? What reason have you to be merry? You‘re poor enough.’ `Come, then,’ returned the nephew gaily. `What right have you to be dismal? What reason have you to be morose? You‘re rich enough.’ Scrooge having no better answer ready on the spur of the moment, said `Bah!’ again; and followed it up with `Humbug.’ `Don’t be cross, uncle!’ said the nephew. `What else can I be,’ returned the uncle, `when I live in such a world of fools as this?
Which of the following anaphoric devices were used in this reference chain?
pronoun – definiteness – ellipsis – lexical relationship – substitution – apposition – bridging
