Analysing Argument
Rainbows End
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Section B
Random (your team can unlock when you have 300pts or more)
100

Using language in a way that belittles, diminishes or humiliates someone/a group

Attack

100

Name the Dear women

Nan

Gladys

Dolly

100

What is the genre of this novel?

Gothic Fiction
100

What are the 4 purposes of writing?

Express, Explain, Reflect, Persuade
100

Name the other English teachers for Year 12

Mr Hughes, MIss Salahoras, Miss Green

200

A story embedded into the piece that illustrates an idea/justifies their contention and belief

Anecdote?

200

A quote for Nan helping cover Gladys' illiteracy from Errol.

(about her non-existent glasses)"...I stood on 'em."

200

"I am on the moon" - Merricat


Which theme does this quote relate to?

Reality

200

Name one possible text type you can write in the exam and what are the features of the text?

Answers vary

200

Why is a snake difficult to fool?

Because you can’t pull its leg!

300

The use of emotive language throughout your argument.  An approach that appeals to the emotions of the audience. (Latin word)

Pathos

300

How does Harrison indicate an important moment

Beat

300

What are 2 themes or symbols of this novel?

Isolation and Outsiders

Male vs Female roles 

Outsiders

Family

the Supernatural

300

What text types ARE NOT PERMITTED in the exam?

poem, script, short form writing

300

From which country do kiwi fruits originate?

Mainland China and Taiwan

400

Words that carry significant meanings (either positive or negative) that the reader connects to the original word. 

Connotative Language

400

Why is Nan nervous about Dolly's relationship with Errol?

He is a Fisher

He is white

400

What metalanguage must you include in your essay to analyse the text?

Literary devices

Symbols

Genre features

400

The framework we are studying is 'Protest'. In the exam, what are the requirements of the task? Describe what the exam 'question' will look like.

Title

3 stimuli provided (at least one image, some quotations)

Write a creative response using the title and responding to at least 1 stimulus

400

Which place has a larger population? California or Canada?

California ( by around 1million)

500

Asserting/claiming that something is true for a whole population

Generalisation

500

Give three examples of play techniques Harrison utilises to explore her themes in Rainbows End.

Lighting shifts in dream sequences

the 'beats'

'voice-over'

500

Who said this? "they tell me you're moving away."

Jim Donell

500

Which mentor text is this quote from? "I am here as a soldier who has temporarily left the field of battle"

"Freedom or Death" - Emmeline Pankhurst

500

How many episodes are there of Law and Order (the original)?

488