IB Stuff
The exam with four questions (but you only answer one!)
What is Paper 2?
The first part of an analytical paragraph
What is personification?
A specific name of a person, place or thing, always capitalized.
What is a proper noun?
A "monstrous vermin"
Who is Gregor Samsa at the start of The Metamorphosis?
The title of Criterion A category
What is Understanding and Interpretation (also accept Knowledge and understanding)?
Famous examples include 'I'm loving it' and 'Just do it'
What is a slogan?
The most famous metaphor uttered by Iago
What is: 'O, beware my lord of jealousy.
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.' [3.1]?
Write about the author's choices and the effect on the audience
What should LL students remember to focus on in both exam responses?
Francis' closest friend and boyfriend.
Who is Jelly?
Double-spaced, with page number at the top
How should you write your IB exams?
A rhetorical effect uses credibility to appeal to the audience
What is ethos?
The most significant device in this MLK quote: “Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice"
What is visual imagery?
(In verse) the continuation of a sentence without "heavy" punctuation beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
What is enjambment?
The writer of and protagonist in Persepolis.
Who is Marjane (Marji) Satrapi?
An individual collection of student work done throughout the two years of the Lang + Lit course
What is a Learner Portfolio?
The author's attitude towards the subject
What is tone?
Words that mimic the sounds of what they describe eg. "as though my thoughts/hissed and spat on my scalp"
What is onomatopoeia?
Phrases e.g. "it gives the reader a picture in their minds", "it creates a flow" or "it helps the reader understand better"
What vague comments drive Ms Ross (and examiners) insane in an analytical essay?
Iago's (begrudgingly held) rank in Othello
What is an ensign?
Creativity, Culture, Perspective, Representation, Identity, Communication, Transformation
Trying to convince consumers that everyone else wants a particular product or service and they should do it too
What is bandwagon appeal?
A figure of speech that seems to contradict itself, but which, upon further examination, contains some kernel of truth or reason.
What is a paradox?
A form of repetition that is immediate within a phrase. Example "Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation!" (II. iii. 281-282).
What is epizeuxis?
The crow in Maleficent
Who is Diaval?