Q2:
Overview:
- Language
- AO2
- 8 Marker
- 2-3 Paragraphs
- 10 Minutes
- ‘How does the writer use language to describe/convey…’
- Given Line Numbers
PEETAALS X2 (EMBED LOADS OF QUOTES)
- Language is used to convey the ideas of ___, exposed/revealed through
(embed quote).
- In Other Words, the Speaker hopes to address.....
- Here, the Writer uses [Technique/Word], to convey.....
- This would imply to the reader/warn the reader/criticise,,,/help the reader
to understand…
X2-3
Sentence Types:
Declarative - Statements that Convey Information
Interrogative - Sentences that ask Questions
Imperative - Commanding Sentences
Exclamative - Strong Emotions/Exclamations
Simple - One Independent Clause (Clause = Subject + Verb)
Compound - Two or More Independent Clauses, joined together by
conjunctions.
Complex - One Independent Clause, and one or more Dependent Clauses.
‘Brevity’ - concise use, e.g ‘The brevity of these sentences…’
Dynamic Characters - Characters that undergo significant internal change
Static Characters - Characters that stay relatively the same throughout the
narrative and by the end as well
Q3: ‘How has the writer structured the text to interest you as a
reader’
3 PEELS (or peetaals depends on time) 8 minutes - 10 marks
Interest = Effects on Reader
How to split:
→ Beginning
→ Middle
→ End
This helps with AO2
Focus on Quality over Quantity, make sure your analysis is not
generalised.
Deconstruct your Structural Features
Focus on the writer’s choices and its effects.
Structural Vocabulary to analyse in an extract:
● Panoramic
● Focal Point
● Atmosphere
● In Media Res
● Pace
● Climax
● Tension
● Analepsis
● Prolepsis
● Kinaesthetic Imagery - Description of Body
Position/Movement (He was hunchbacked)
● Gustatory Imagery - Description of Taste/Flavour (The
savoury juices lingered on my tongue)
● Olfactory Imagery - Description of Smell
● Tactile Imagery - Description of Touch/Physical
Sensation
● Auditory Imagery - Description of Sounds
● Imagery - Description of a Particular Scene
● Zoom in & Zoom out
● Sentence Lengths
● Dialogue
● Punctuation (change to exclamation)
● Tone
● Linear Narratives - Your Narrative is
Chronological, No Analepsis/Prolepsis
● Non-Linear Narratives - Your Narrative can have
Flash-Forwards, Flash-Back
● Openings - The Initial Overview of the mood and
tone of the narrative.
● Endings - The closing, which brings the narrative
to a resolution.
- A sense of closure, wraps up loose ends, and
shows the change in character.
- Shift in Tone
- Shift in Atmosphere
- Temporal Markers (Time, e.g ‘On Weekends’)
- Dialogue
- Shift in Narrative Perspective
- Cyclical Structure
- Foreshadowing/Foreboding
- Motifs
- Environment
Q4: ‘A student having read this section of text said:
“...”
- Break the Question Down into Two Parts:
- 2 PEETAAEETAALS
- A student said, “This part of the story, where the
hyena behaves wildly, is funny rather than
frightening. The writer suggests that the hyena is
actually no serious threat to Pi.”
- This can be broken down into “The hyena behaving
wildly is funny rather than frightening”.
- “The writer suggests that the hyena is actually no
serious threat to Pi.”
- What?, How?, Why?:
- What is your Opinion, What do you think about the
statement?
- How can you prove your opinion, what methods do
the writer use?
- Why does this evidence prove it? What impact does
knowing this have on the reader?
