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

2. Scrooge’s nephew


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?

pronoundefinitenessellipsislexical relationshipsubstitutionappositionbridging

 

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?

pronoundefinitenessellipsislexical relationshipsubstitutionappositionbridging

 

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