Understanding of one prose extract (about 60-100 lines) of literature from the 20th century assessed through a range of structured questions.
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Tips
Read through once, Then read through again and highlight and annotate.
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A1
It will ask for 5 things. Choose 5 points that are completely different to each other. Don’t go for similar things. Try to choose them from different sentences.
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Section B (20%) - Prose writing
One creative writing task selected from a choice of 4 titles. you will need to write around 5 paragraphs, which should be about 2 pages.
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Tips
Linking paragraphs-with each other; start of paragraph to end of paragraph, start of story to end of story.
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Tips- techniques for paragraphs
Start: short sentence, complex sentence, noun phrases, single word sentence, single word paragraphs. At the end of the paragraph-ellipsis, questions, comment/description.
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DA FORREST
Direct Address. Alliteration. Facts. Opinions. Rhetorical Question. Repetition. Emotive language. Statistics. The rule of 3.
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Direct Address
A direct address is when the audience is being directly spoken to. eg: You can change this, What would you do?
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Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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Facts
A thing that is known or proved to be true
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Opinions
A view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
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Repetition
The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
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Rhetorical Question
A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.
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Emotive Language
Language intended to create an emotional response. eg: A heart-breaking aroma of death filled the air as he surveyed the devastation and destruction that had befallen them all.
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Statistics
Factual data used in a persuasive way. eg: 80% of people agreed that this would change their community for the better.
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Metaphors
A descriptive technique that names a person, thing or action as something else. eg: The circus was a magnet for the children.
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similies
Sounds like similar. A descriptive technique that compares one thing with another, usually using 'as' or 'like'. eg: The trees stood as tall as towers.
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onomatopoeia
Words that sound a little like they mean. eg: bang! crunch! Boom! Snap!
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oxymoron
A phrase combining two or more contradictory terms. eg: There was a deafening silence
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hyperbole
Exaggerated language used for effect. eg: It is simply out of this world – stunning!
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juxtaposition
The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
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enjambment
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
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personification
A metaphor attributing human feelings to an object. eg: The sun smiled at the hills, ready to begin a new day.
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pathetic fallacy
A type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather. eg: The clouds crowded together suspiciously overhead as the sky darkened.
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Literature paper 1 (1st exam) Monday 22nd May 8:45am
Macbeth and Sign of four. 1 hour 45 minutes.
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Literature paper 2 (2nd exam) Friday 26th May 8:45am
Short stories and poems & unseen poetry. 2 hours 15 minutes
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Language Component 1 (3rd exam) Tuesday 6th May 8:45am
20th Century literature comprehension. Creative Writing. 1 hour 45 minutes
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Language Component 2 (4th exam) Monday 12th May 8:45am
19th & 21st Century non-fiction comparison transactional writing. 2 hours
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1st person
Means "I" or "we". The narrator of the account will be a character in the text and we will read about events from their point of view. We will also tend to relate to and sympathize with their feelings because of this.
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2nd person
Means "you". It is very rare to find a story written in the second person. Parts of adverts or leaflets are addressed directly to you, however, which can be a very persuasive way of writing.
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3rd person
Means "he", "she", "it" or "they". The narrator of the story will usually be the writer. The text may give many different characters' viewpoints. Some stories focus on one character, the hero or heroine, and we usually relate to and sympathise them.
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Section A (20%) - Reading
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Understanding of one prose extract (about 60-100 lines) of literature from the 20th century assessed through a range of structured questions.
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