Secondary 4 English Literature
English Literature: from poetry, prose, drama and literary devices, through form and narrative voice, to literary periods and critical writing — written for an English-medium subject, with DSE-style examples and quizzes.
The order below is the recommended shallow-to-deep path.
Units 單元
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核心概念 Core Concepts1/1 live
⚡ Unit quiz 快測5 Qs
Answer on your own first, then reveal — wrong answers go to your wrong-answer book.
Q1What are the three genres of English literature?
Q2Which device is used in “as brave as a lion”?
Q3What does personification achieve?
Q4Why does dramatic irony create tension?
Q5What should annotation record?
應用與應試 Application and Exam Skills1/1 live
⚡ Unit quiz 快測5 Qs
Answer on your own first, then reveal — wrong answers go to your wrong-answer book.
Q1What is the three-move structure of a short answer?
Q2What is the formula for a theme statement?
Q3What should you watch when embedding a quotation?
Q4Why read with the question in mind?
Q5How can you prepare for this subject day by day?
Vocabulary book 生字簿
All terms, bilingual (printable).
A genre organised in lines and stanzas, condensed in language and built on imagery and rhythm.
Writing organised in paragraphs, covering novels and short stories.
A genre written for performance, composed of dialogue and stage directions.
A comparison explicitly signalled by “like” or “as”.
A comparison asserted directly, without a comparison word.
Giving human actions or feelings to non-human things.
A contrast between what is said and what is meant, including dramatic irony.
The use of concrete images to carry abstract meanings.
Planting early clues that make a later development feel both surprising and inevitable.
The habit of marking a text and noting questions and associations in the margins.
The central idea of a text, best stated as subject plus the writer's attitude.
Textual support — quoted words — on which a claim about the text rests.
Words copied exactly from the text and used as proof in an answer.
The impact a technique has on the reader and on the meaning of the text.
The command term in a question that fixes what the answer must do.
The ways a writer builds a character through speech, action and detail.
The opening sentence of a paragraph that states its point.
A short regular note after reading, recording theme and device examples.
Answering questions under exam-style time limits to make the answer routine automatic.
The atmosphere or feeling a text creates in the reader.