Question 1
True or false: You're cooked if you don't get 4/4 on this question.
True
The main focus on question 2 is ___ analysis
Language
What is the noun which is always asked about in question 3 (when regarding the ____ of the extract)?
Eg, How does the writer ___ the text to interest the reader?
Structure/Structured
Question 4 is a response to what?
A statement from a student. You have to write about the extent in which you agree.
How many marks is question 5?
40
What does question 1 ask you to do?
Pick 4 things about the text and write them down
How long should you spend on question 2?
8-12 minutes.
What is a useful way to organise your answer to question 3 into 3 sections/paragraphs?
Beginning, middle, end
What specific reading skill does question 4 focus on?
Evaluation
Section 1 (Q's 1-4) focus on a different skill to question 5. What skill does question 5 focus on?
Writing
You should keep your points in question four as what type of phrase - simple ____ with no inferences
statements
Define an extended metaphor
A version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry. Extended metaphors build upon simple metaphors with figurative language and more varied, descriptive comparisons.
List 3 structural devices.
Introduction of character
New dialogue
Change in time
Change in setting
Shift in focus
Determine the two parts in this statement: 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 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.
Name 2 types of high level punctuation you should use in question 5 to gain marks.
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Do a question 1 for this extract: It was the hyena that worried me. I had not forgotten Father’s words. Hyenas attack in packs whatever animal can be run down. They go for zebras, gnus and water buffaloes, and not only the old or the infirm in a herd but full-grown members too. They are hardy attackers, rising up from buttings and kickings immediately, never giving up for simple lack of will. And they are clever; anything that can be distracted from its mother is good.
Pretty self explanatory.
Name 2 writer's methods and their effects in this extract: An ancient mulberry tree stood at the centre. Its massive twisted branches drooped to the ground in places, its knuckles in the earth like a gigantic malformed hand. The wintry sun hung low in the sky and the gnarled growth threw long twisted shadows across the undergrowth within its cage.
like a gigantic malformed hand - simile
its knuckles - personification
within its cage - metaphor
Effects I cba to write
Name a structural feature in this extract: Master was a little crazy; he had spent too many years reading books overseas, talked to himself in his office, did not always return greetings, and had too much hair. Ugwu’s aunty said this in a low voice as they walked on the path. ‘But he is a good man,’ she added. ‘And as long as you work well, you will eat well. You will even eat meat every day.’
New character
Dialogue
Define a technique in this extract which makes you agree or disagree with the statement: "From the moment he arrives at Master’s compound, the writer portrays Ugwu’s feelings of pure excitement, but by the end it seems that he may be very disappointed."
He smelt something sweet, heady, as they walked into a compound, and was sure it came from the white flowers clustered on the bushes at the entrance. The bushes were shaped like slender hills. The lawn glistened. Butterflies hovered overhead. ‘I told Master you will learn everything very fast’ his aunty said. Ugwu nodded attentively although she had already told him the story of how his good fortune came about: while she was sweeping the corridor in the Mathematics Department a week ago, she heard Master say that he needed a houseboy to do his cleaning, and she immediately said she could help, speaking before his typist or office messenger could offer to bring someone. ‘I will learn fast, Aunty,’ Ugwu said. He was staring at the car in the garage; a strip of metal ran around its blue body like a necklace. ‘Remember, what you will answer whenever he calls you is Yes, sah!’ ‘Yes, sah!’ Ugwu repeated. They were standing before the glass door. Ugwu held back from reaching out to touch the cement wall, to see how different it would feel from the mud walls of his mother’s hut that still bore the faint patterns of moulding fingers. For a brief moment, he wished he were back there now, in his mother’s hut, under the dim coolness of the thatch roof; or in his aunty’s hut, the only one in the village with a corrugated-iron roof. His aunty tapped on the glass. Ugwu could see the white curtains behind the door. A voice said, in English, ‘Yes? Come in.’ This extract is taken from the opening of Chimamanda Adichie’s novel Half of a Yellow Sun, set in Nigeria in 1960. Ugwu, a thirteen-year-old boy, is starting work as a cleaner for a university professor in the city. 3 IB/G/Jun21/8700/1 40 45 50 They took off their slippers before walking in. Ugwu had never seen a room so wide. Despite the brown sofas arranged in a semi-circle, the side tables between them, the shelves crammed with books, and the centre table with a vase of red and white plastic flowers, the room still seemed to have too much space. Master sat in an armchair, wearing a vest and a pair of shorts. He was not sitting upright but slanted, a book covering his face, as though oblivious that he had just asked people in. ‘Good afternoon, sah! This is the child,’ Ugwu’s aunty said. Master looked up. He pulled off his glasses. ‘The child?’ ‘The houseboy, sah. He will work hard,’ his aunty said. ‘He is a very good boy. Thank, sah!’ Master grunted in response, watching Ugwu and his aunty with a faintly distracted expression, as if their presence made it difficult for him to remember something important. Ugwu’s aunty patted Ugwu’s shoulder, whispered that he should do well, and turned to the door. Ugwu stood by the door, waiting
Yeah I cba to write all this and its making me sad everyone's rushing me
Name 3 effective synonyms of 'old' (object not person)
ancient
aged
aging
mature
historic
You have to name 6 things instead of 4 here: It was on their first day at the house that Rosie saw the stranger child. Standing at the sink, her hands deep in suds, Rosie was overwhelmed by the tasks that lay ahead of her. Tired after the long drive from London the evening before, she gazed vaguely at the sunlit, overgrown garden where Sam and Cara were playing. The sash window had old glass that blunted the image, wavering the straightness of fence and washing line, pulling things out of shape. Sam was kneeling beside the patch of earth that Rosie had cleared for him, making hills and valleys for his matchbox cars and trucks by digging with an old tablespoon, and Cara was toddling from bush to bush with a yellow plastic watering can.
Pretty self explanatory.
Give a simple, summarised answer to this question 2:
I am not one to hold a prejudice against any animal, but it is a plain fact that the spotted hyena is not well served by its appearance. It is ugly beyond redemption. Its shaggy, coarse coat is a bungled mix of colours, with the spots having none of the classy ostentation of a leopard’s, they look rather like the symptoms of a skin disease. The head is broad and too massive, with a high forehead, like that of a bear, but suffering from a receding hairline, and with ears that look ridiculously mouse-like, large and round, when they haven’t been torn off in battle. The mouth is forever open and panting. The nostrils are too big. The tail is scraggly and unwagging. All the parts put together look doglike, but like no dog anyone would want as a pet.
How does the writer use language here to describe the hyena’s appearance?
Doesn't matter about how they say it.
500 points for writer's methods and effects with good language analysis.
Provide an example of these 3 structural devices and their effect:
Introduction of character
Change in setting
Shift in focus
Appropriate examples
Evaluate things you would look for in the text in response to this question 4.
Focus this part of your answer on the second part of the source, from line 19 to the end. A student said, “In this part of the story, Juana’s reaction to the danger facing their baby is different to Kino’s. The writer shows that Kino is unhelpful, and it is Juana who tries to save the baby’s life.” To what extent do you agree?
consider your impressions of how the hyena behaves
evaluate how the writer presents the threat of the hyena to Pi
support your response with references to the text.
What should you vary in question 5? (3 things)
What should you include in question 5? (1 thing)
Punctuation
Sentence length
Paragraph length
Polysyllabic words
Metaphors, similes etc