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# Language Questions - Great Expectations

11+ Comprehension, topic 4.1.2

## Test yourself on Language Questions - Great Expectations

- What technique is used in this quotation:

‘I saw that the bride within the bridal dress had withered like the dress, and like the flowers’?
- What technique is used in this quotation:

‘Now, waxwork and skeleton seemed to have dark eyes that moved and looked at me’?
- What technique is used in this quotation: 

'She was dressed in rich materials,—satins, and lace, and silks,—all of white. Her shoes were white. And she had a long white veil dependent from her hair, and she had bridal flowers in her hair, but her hair was white'?
- What is the purpose of the subordinate clause in italics?__'I answered, *more in shyness than politeness*'__
- What is the effect of using repetition in this quotation?'She was dressed in rich materials,—satins, and lace, and silks,—all of white. Her shoes were white. And she had a long white veil dependent from her hair, and she had bridal flowers in her hair, but her hair was white'

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## 11+ Comprehension contents

### 1 Vocabulary Questions
- 1.1 Vocabulary Questions
  - [1.1.1 Vocabulary Questions - Bones](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/11/english/11-comprehension/1-1-1-vocabulary-questions-bones.md)
  - [1.1.2 Vocabulary Questions - Great Expectations](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/11/english/11-comprehension/1-1-2-vocabulary-questions-great-expectations.md)

### 2 Retrieval Questions
- 2.1 Retrieval Questions
  - [2.1.1 Retrieval Questions - Bones](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/11/english/11-comprehension/2-1-1-retrieval-questions-bones.md)
  - [2.1.2 Retrieval Questions - Great Expectations](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/11/english/11-comprehension/2-1-2-retrieval-questions-great-expectations.md)

### 3 'Feelings' Questions
- 3.1 'Feelings' Questions
  - [3.1.1 'Feelings Questions' - Bones](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/11/english/11-comprehension/3-1-1-feelings-questions-bones.md)
  - [3.1.2 'Feelings Questions' - Great Expectations](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/11/english/11-comprehension/3-1-2-feelings-questions-great-expectations.md)

### 4 Language Questions
- 4.1 Language Questions
  - [4.1.1 Language Questions - Bones](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/11/english/11-comprehension/4-1-1-language-questions-bones.md)
  - [4.1.2 Language Questions - Great Expectations](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/11/english/11-comprehension/4-1-2-language-questions-great-expectations.md)

### 5 Full Practice Comprehension
- 5.1 Full Practice Comprehension
  - [5.1.1 A Christmas Carol Comprehension](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/11/english/11-comprehension/5-1-1-a-christmas-carol-comprehension.md)

### 6 Multiple Choice Comprehension
- 6.1 Multiple Choice Comprehension
  - [6.1.1 Multiple Choice - Introduction](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/11/english/11-comprehension/6-1-1-multiple-choice-introduction.md)
  - [6.1.2 Multiple Choice - Phantom Rats Extract](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/11/english/11-comprehension/6-1-2-multiple-choice-phantom-rats-extract.md)