PAPER 1/PAPER 2
How many marks is Paper 1 worth?
64
What do you have to do after reading the text in paper 2, before answering questions, and before answering Q8/9?
PAFT it
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...
IN question 3 paper 1, how many language points do you need to make?
Two
How many marks is Paper 2 worth?
96
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.
•Paragraph lengths.
•Sentence lengths.
•Sentence openings.
•Unusual punctuation.
•Changes in tone.
•Direct speech/quotations.
•Dates, statistics, lists.
Where are the extracts taken from in section A of paper 1?
19th century novels and short stories
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: LeafletWhat did upper class ladies do with all of their time (try to name 3 activities).
•Read
•Sew
•Knit
•Paint
•Play a musical instrument
•Sing
•Dance
•Socialise
•Learn a foreign language
•Swim
•Arrange flowers
Dream about marrying a rich man and having kids
Which word is a synonym for EMBARASSMENT:
a. perturbation
b. indignation
c. despair
a. perturbation
What structure 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?
Analyse language and structure.
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 phallacy
What EXACTLY do you have to do in Q7a?
Make three points quoting both texts for each point.
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