P C E E Paragraphs

1. PCEE Paragraphs

2. Quotations How to set out quotations: Make your point, put it into context and set out your quotation on a SEPARATE LINE. Always introduce a quotation with a COLON. Then take a new line to continue with your paragraph. E.g. Coraline is a very brave girl at the end of the novelwhen the beldam is coming after her: “’No,’ said Coraline. ‘I’m not.’ And, hard as she could, she threw the black cat towards the other mother.” This shows us that she is brave because she still thinks clearly even though she is scared. She refuses to do what the beldam wants and she takes a huge risk to rescue the ghost children and her parents as well as herself. I really admire her for this, as she is clever and does not let fear control her.

3. Put your point into CONTEXT Makes a POINT about the text Gives EVIDENCE to back the point up. At the start of the novel, Tommo and Charlie get on very well. They are very close and Tommo admires Charlie and really respects him. He thinks that Charlie is someone to look up to: "Charlie always knows how it is. He's three years older than me, so he's done everything and knows everything. He's strong too.” This shows that Tommo thinks his brother knows so much more about the world than he does. He looks to him for advice and guidance, and probably hopes he can be like Charlie one day. He thinks Charlie knows “everything”, suggesting a real admiration for him. Charlie also protects Tommo when he gets in to trouble, for example when he gets into a fight at school with the bully Jimmy parsons: “ EXPLAINS how the evidence backs up the point Makes a POINT about the text Put your point into CONTEXT

4. Example At the start of the poem, Vernon Scannell creates an exciting, positive mood as he describes the beautiful fireworks as they are let off. He uses imagery and sound to create this mood, for example: “the frenzied whiz of Catherine-wheel Puts forth its fiery petals” Here, the Catherine Wheel is compared to a beautiful, blooming flower. This is an effective comparison as fireworks are very colourful and do look as though they are opening like flowers as they burst into lively flames in the sky. The repetition of the letter “f” echoes the fizzing, sizzling sound that fireworks make and helps the reader to imagine what the scene sounds like, as well as what it would look like. However, even though we are given a vivid picture of lovely fireworks, we are also given hints within the first three stanzas that something sinister may happen, for example: “the guy, Absurdly human phoenix, is again Gulped by greedy flames.” The image of a human-like figure being burned is quite dark, and makes us think of death. The flames almost seem alive, as though they are very powerful and nothing can be done to stop their destruction. I liked the first three stanzas: Scannell has been very clever to describe a seemingly positive scene, but bury negative hints within this, as though to reflect the idea that if someone has had a horrific experience, it is always there , buried in their subconscious with a dark life of its own, at all times.