About the O level paper
How many papers are in the O level?
4
Why do you think it’s important to study visual texts today?
Because we are constantly bombarded with advertisements on our devices.
How many lines are there with no error in your editing section?
2 lines have no errors in them.
How many stages of reading are there?
3.
Pre-reading
During reading
Post-reading
Metaphor or simile? The warrior has a heart of stone. What does the metaphor emphasise?
Metaphor.
cold-hearted/cruel/unfriendly
True or False: Paper 1 is a comprehension paper
False! Paper 1 is a writing paper consisting of three parts:
Section A: Editing
Section B: Situational Writing
Section C: Continuous Writing
How do we analyse a visual text? What is the acronym we learned?
MATE
How many points is editing worth?
10
True or False? All narratives must have at least one or morencharacters.
True.
Metaphor or Simile? The new neighbor is as curious as a cat; nothing escapes her attention.
simile.
What is Paper 4 in the O level English syllabus?
Oral Communication skills consisting of two parts: Planned response and spoken interaction.
M in 'MATE' stands for ...
Message - What is the text trying to tell/communicate to us?
True or False? Errors in punctuation and spelling will be tested in editing.
False. Errors in punctuation and spelling WILL NOT be tested in editing.
In Post-reading, we visualise while reading because...
it helps us to better recall/remember.
A pun is a ____ on ______
play on words.
How many types of text will you be tested on in Paper 2? What are they?
3. Visual, Narrative, and Non-narrative
A in 'MATE' stands for ...
Audience - Who is supposed to view this text (target audience).
The father thought it was a very strange thing to say, but he did not think many of it. Where is the mistake? What is the correct answer?
many - should be 'much'. Word form - uncountable noun
What are three things you must do 'during reading'?
Make predictions, ask questions (questioning), make inferences.
Complete the following:
Personification is .....
when human qualities are attributed to a non-human thing
How much time do you have for papers 1 and 2?
1 hour 50 minutes
How many semiotic modes are there? Name three.
5.
Linguistic, visual, audio/aural, gestural, spatial
They believe that reincarnation is nothing but the intriguing psychological phenomenon. Where is the mistake? What is the correct answer?
an - determiner
How does Making Predictions help you during reading?
1. Helps you make meaning about the text.
2. It is a way to connect existing knowledge to new information from a text to get meaning from what you read.
What is an 'Inferential Question'?
a type of question requires you to use clues found in the passage and your own knowledge to make certain deductions.
(Evidence ➔ Deduction) or
some questions may require you to find the evidence in the text that supports this deduction
(Deduction ➔ Evidence)