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Preparing for Unit 2

Preparing for Unit 2. Do you know..?. How long the paper is? How many sections it has? How many questions you have to answer? What each section/question will assess? Which text you should answer on? What the secrets of success for each section/question are?. Timing is all.

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Preparing for Unit 2

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  1. Preparing for Unit 2

  2. Do you know..? • How long the paper is? • How many sections it has? • How many questions you have to answer? • What each section/question will assess? • Which text you should answer on? • What the secrets of success for each section/question are?

  3. Timing is all • 1hr 45mins in total • Section A: 45 minutes • Planning: 15 minutes • Writing: 30 minutes • Section B: 30 minutes for EACH question • Planning: 5-10 minutes • Writing: 20-25 minutes • And remember to allow time to CHECK your work at the end.

  4. Opening Worlds • Thread - introduction: you will get this from the question! • P.E.E. - apart from introduction and conclusion • Embedded quotations - short and frequent • Original ideas - backed up by examples • Compare AND contrast - similarities but also significant difference(s) • DON’T just tell the story!!!

  5. P.E.E. • Each paragraph in the main body of your essay should have a: • POINT (or ‘topic sentence(s)’) • EXAMPLE (evidence, quotation etc.) • EXPLANATION (deeper analysis) • This applies to ANY writing task - and any of the questions on the Unit 2 paper.

  6. Argue Persuade Advise • Powerful start and finish - VERY important • Original and engaging - think of audience • Lots of persuasive techniques - rhetorical tools, especially: • Rule of three • Rhetorical Question • Figurative Language: metaphors, similes • Emotive Language • One sided, exaggeration

  7. Think: “ A Forest” • A: Alliteration • F: Facts • O: Opinions • R: Repetition • E: Emotive language • S: Statistics • T: Three(Rule of)

  8. Think the “FEAR factor” • F: Facts • E: Exaggeration and Emotive Language • A: Assertions and Anecdotes • R: Rhetorical Questions

  9. Analyse Review Comment • Overview - pithy and pertinent • Range of examples - analysis/review • Connectives and paragraph markers • When asked to “Comment”, give your personal opinion • Balanced and objective - different from Argue, persuade and advise

  10. Some things you might have forgotten • POS begins with a long and powerful description of EDUCATION and TYRANNY. • There are lots of graphic examples of the poverty of Clement’s household. • RB explores two worlds - the fantasy of the fountain, the cricket game and Woodford Square; and the reality whose cobwebs he can’t shake off • Poverty has destroyed Bolan’s father in almost every respect - emotionally; psychologically; and his family.

  11. Some things you might have forgotten (ctd.) • LF is about tyranny - the parents’ despotism over Sidda AND Leela • Sidda makes no effort to challenge or reverse the cruel hierarchy which oppresses him • In YC, India (and its representative, her mother-in-law) is like an army - but also like a whirlpool, sucking Cathy into its hold • Setting is very important - the flat is light and airy (and ‘pastel-coloured’); the house is heavy and oppressive.

  12. Some things you might have forgotten (ctd.) • The significance of GAT is Ravi’s total annihilation at the end (his overwhelming ignominy) - all the worse for his high hopes beforehand • The shed, whilst hostile at first, provides a cocoon in which his confidence breeds for once. • In WO, Savushkin is insulated against society - the ice crystals may melt, but his independence, resilience and contentment do not • Anna Vasilevna’s role as teacher is reversed, and she LEARNS from Savushkin - casting a whole new light on education.

  13. Choose your order • 1. Opening Worlds • 2. Analyse, review, comment • 3. Argue, persuade, advise OR • 1. Analyse, review, comment • 2. Argue, persuade, advise • 3. Opening Worlds

  14. Any Questions?

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