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ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1 HELP Section A Read all information about the text – the genre, the box and the top. What can you learn from this information? Read through the questions quickly. Mark out the areas you need for Q1, Q2 and Q4. As you read through the text, read with some purpose, but read it fully first. Don’t panic. Work with what you understand and what is clear. Be prepared for enigma (things that are puzzling or hard to work). Don’t let them frighten you. Writers sometimes deliberately make texts confusing to create atmosphere and add tension. Q1 – Four Facts, Check the lines you need to read again. Full sentences. 5 Minutes Q2. Language 10 minutes. Check the lines again. Focus in on language techniques – Adjectives, Personification, Oxymoron, Juxtaposition, Semantic Field, Repetition, Simile, Metaphor, Pathetic Fallacy etc. etc. Unpick words, zoom in very closely. Start from the top of the section and work through. Techniques, Evidence, Explain. Q3. Structure 10 Minutes. Usually whole text. Focus on Structure techniques – consider the Beginning, Middle and End, Zoom, Focus – internal/external, Perspective, Location, Narrative Voice, Dialogue, Shift, Equilibrium/Disequilibrium/New Equilibrium, Repetition, Thread or Motif. Take a step back from the text and look at the changes throughout. Think like a film camera, moving to each new shot as the words indicate. Q4. Evaluate 25 minutes Check for what you are evaluating. Read passage to find evidence for how skilfully/successfully/ realistically/ cleverly etc. the writer achieves X. Use language techniques to find evidence of how well X is done. Use structure techniques as well, but be careful not to repeat what you have written for Q3. For perceptive answers, consider what is typical and characteristics of X. Does the writer challenge this? Is this why it is so skillful/effective/successful etc.? Section B Q5. Choose Picture or Written prompt. Check it is a story or a description. Descriptions have lots of detail but little or no action – like the camera looking around at everything in the scene. Stories have description and action. Plan – marks are awarded to students who show evidence of a plan. Use Structure techniques from everything you know about Structure, use Language techniques from everything you know about Language. Show that you understand these are effective techniques. Make your opening excellent – use a strong hook, but try not to make it a cliché. 16 marks for accuracy. Check your work several times. 45 minutes 40 Marks.
Q2 The writer uses a number of techniques to suggest the power and violence of the weather. It is first described as a storm ‘of more than ordinary violence’ implying something unusual and possibly unpredictable, something not seen before. Verbs such as ‘drenched’ emphasise how completely the storm surrounds the house and that there is no escape. The ‘continuous blaze’ of the lightning adds to this sense of no escape, as it is relentless and not slowing down. Furthermore, the word ‘blaze’ signifies a dangerous and destructive force like that of a fire out of control. The emotive adjectives and verbs ‘shocked’ and ‘haunted’ conveys the fear and terror experienced by the family. Etc. Q3 The text begins by referring to the typical habits and customs of the family. This is a point of equilibrium, a metaphorical calm before the storm. The text then shifts to the night of the storm and the tension begins to rise, partly as a result of the direct speech. This sense of disequilibrium lasts throughout the remainder of the text. The angry, explosive outburst from Mr Thornton almost mirrors the weather. The focus remains outside the house but moves onto the weather, with the writer creating a detailed description. The middle of the text marks a shift in pace with the frantic entrance of the cat. The sentence becomes long and complex with a number of clauses, suggesting rapid actions, one after the other. The perspective here is from that of the cat, as the reader experiences his struggle being chased by wildcats. Etc. Q4. The writer creates a vivid impression of the experiences of the cat during the night of the storm. This section opens with an ‘appalling inhuman shriek of terror’. This unnerving description leaves the reader worrying what has caused this and who is shrieking. The direct speech that reveals it is the cat, the family pet ‘Tabby’, shocks the reader, and arguably, makes them question if something terrible may yet happen. There is a clear juxtaposition between the pet and the wild cats. These are established as wild, savage, as ‘brutes’ and ‘creatures’. These nouns create a sharp contrast. Cleverly, the writer gives Tabby human-‐like qualities to further indicate this contrast. Tabby is referred to by name and is a beloved pet. Typically, pets are safe and protected by their owners. However, in this wild and extreme environment, Tabby must try to survive. Tabby is referred to as ‘he’ frequently and is described as ‘talking’, ‘exclaiming’ and having a ‘tone of voice’. This humanises him and evokes sympathy from the reader for the situation the cat is in. Finally, there is a semantic field of religious language to further emphasise the extreme differences between Tabby and the wild cats. The wild creatures have an ‘incantation’ and the writer refers to Hell and the devil. This undoubtedly suggests a fight between good and evil. Tabby represents the good, innocent animal and the wild cats, the villainous, aggressive animals. Etc. Q5. I had, many times, been along that road before. It had always struck me, back then, how beautiful it was, with the delicate blossom dripping from the trees that lined the avenue. That was in the past. The years of hurricanes and Tsunamis had made the streets unrecognisable. It was as if we had been at war. But how can you fight something so powerful and destructive as the weather? That morning, with the black clouds circled above my head. My stupid monitor told me the threat of acid rain was 52%. Not bad chances. I had to make my way across town.