PAPER 1/PAPER 2
How many marks is Paper 1 worth?
80
Which form would you expect to find in a newspaper?
What is the Victorian era?
In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 1837 until her death in 1901.
Name 3 synonyms for BIG:
huge, great, large, enormous, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, gigantic, giant, monumental, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine...
What acronym can you use to answer language questions (Q2 or Q3)?
PEE
PEEL
PRETZAL
How many marks is Paper 2 worth?
80
Name 3 format features of a speech.
Introduction
greeting
Direct address
persuasive language
conclusion
final message
Which of the items below wasn't invented in the 19th century?
a. Coca-Cola
b. Penicillin
c. Steam engine
d.Telephone
b. Penicillin was invented in 1928
Name 3 synonyms for BAD:
substandard, poor, inferior, second-rate, second-class, unsatisfactory, inadequate, unacceptable, not up to scratch, not up to par, deficient, imperfect, defective, faulty, shoddy, amateurish, careless,
unpleasant, adverse, nasty; terrible, dreadful, awful, grim, distressing, regrettable;wicked, sinful, immoral, evil, morally wrong, black-hearted, depraved, villanous
Name THREE structure elements you can discuss.
-Cyclical, chronological or flashbacks.
-Shift in perspective
-Zoom in/Zoom out
-Beginning, Middle, End
What kind of writing will you find in Paper 2?
Non-Fiction
What's the purpose, audience and format of this text:
Independent Age is a charity that offers help and advice to older people. This leaflet was produced to encourage volunteers to support them.
Purpose: Encourage volunteers to work with the elderly
Audience: Potential volunteers
Format: LeafletWhich paper will give you a 19th century text?
Which word is a synonym for EMBARASSMENT:
a. perturbation
b. indignation
c. despair
a. perturbation
What persuasive device has been used?
Thirteen people, including seven children, have died from funnel-web bites over the past 100 years...
statistics
What do you have to do in Q 3 paper 1?
Explain how the writer has structured the text to interest the reader
What's the PAF of the text?
Written by journalist Jon Ronson and published in 2004, The Men Who Stare at Goatsis a book about the First Earth Battalion, a secret unit created by the U.S. army in 1979 to explore the powers of the human mind. They believed that, using only their minds, soldiers could make themselves invisible, walk through walls and kill goats just by staring at them
Purpose: Inform, entertain
Audience: People interested in science/paranormal phenomena/military experiments
Format: Book extract
What happened in the 19th Century that caused people to migrate from the countryside into the cities?
Industrial Revolution
Which of the following is NOT a synonym of IMPROVE:
a. ameliorate
b.refine
c. eschew
c. eschew
Which language device?
The atmosphere turned pale, the birds shook themselves in the hedges, arose, and twittered; the lane showed all its white features, and Tess showed hers, still whiter.
pathetic fallacy
What is ONE acronym you could remember to help you in Question 5? (either paper 1 or paper 2)
DAFOREST
AVID
Perform PAFT for this exam question:
Your school wants to promote healthy lifestyles. Write an article for the school magazine promoting healthy living.
Purpose: Promote healthy living
Audience: Students
Format: An article
Why is it sometimes difficult to understand the language in 19th century fiction?
a. Because the language is posh
b. Because the language is colloqual
c. Because the language is archaic
c. The language is archaic, that is using old meaning of words or words that are no longer used!
Always consult a glossary at the end of the extract!
The adjective ARCANE means:
a. arch-shaped
b. mysterious
c. uncanny
b. mysterious
Which language device?
"Sir, I can stand this strain no longer…”
sibilance