Paper 2 Practice 12 Days To Our Exam

Super Challenging Trivia: #ibexamreview For each novel—turn and talk: Pride and Prejudice To The Lighthouse The Guide Never Let Me Go Correctly spell the first and last names of each author. What year was each novel published? Where was each novel published?

Super Challenging Trivia: #ibexamreview Key Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 1813 England To The Lighthouse Virginia Stephens Woolf (no e at the end) 1927 The Guide 1958 R.K. Narayan India Composed in English Never Let Me Go 2005 Kazuo Ishiguro England Japanese-born British author, written in English

The most important thing WRITE LEGIBLY

High-scoring essays are minimum of 4 single- spaced pages long. General Comments High-scoring essays are minimum of 4 single- spaced pages long. I suggest skipping lines and leaving 10 minutes at the end to go back and read over your essay. This will allow you to edit and proofread.

New novel, new paragraph (even on the same point) PARAGRAPHING New novel, new paragraph (even on the same point)

General Comments “Novel,” not “Book” Underline titles of novels EVERY time Introduce characters the first time you mention them First and last name first time, then just last name, unless you don’t know it or that would confuse Omniscient narrator… not omnipresent, omnipotent, or any other omni-

General Comments, cont. Don’t abbreviate: Titles of books (NO TO “P&P” OR “TTL”) And (NO TO &) Künstlerroman: a novel-specific word roman means novel in German, so don’t use it for poetry HYPHENS: use them! First-person point of view Third-person narrative voice Stream-of-consciousness narrative technique

Apostrophe? No apostrophe? (You should already know this…) Plurals don’t need an apostrophe. They are formed by adding an “s”: The Ramsays went to the beach When the cats are away the mice will play Possessives DO need apostrophes. Mrs. Ramsay’s shawl symbolizes fertility. (The shawl belongs to Mrs. Ramsay) The Ramsays’ beach house is falling apart. (The beach house belongs to the Ramsays.) The cats’ whiskers twitched when they smelled the mice. (The whiskers belong to the cats)

Evaluation Don’t forget it. You can’t reach a 4 or 5 on Criterion B: Response to the Prompt without it no matter how well you respond to the question and compare and contrast.

Evaluation: Where should it go? Looking to student exemplars In both the thesis and throughout the whole essay: Elaine Ivan T Or, in the intro or conclusion: Gemma (Introduction) Clara (Conclusion) Or, in the thesis: Paari (both are equally beautiful) Vanessa

Reflection on the back your essay rubric What did I do well in this essay? What are my goals (specific and attainable) as I look towards the Paper 2 exam in May? (Choose 2)

Pride and Prejudice Don’t forget the entailment and its importance to the plot. Explain what it is if you use it. Be able to clearly and correctly explain point of view Pride and Prejudice is NOT a Victorian novel. It is written and takes place before the Victorian era, in Regency England. There is only 1 ball. The Netherfield ball. But there is dancing at 2 earlier gatherings.

Pride and Prejudice Cont. Irony of all types is a convention regularly used by Austen: dramatic, situational and verbal. Don’t forget about it. Austen did NOT use internal monologue. It hadn’t been invented yet. She did use free indirect speech. Be able to clearly and correctly explain free indirect speech. Find a good example of free indirect speech and memorize it in case you want to talk about Austen’s use of the technique…for example: …at that moment she felt that to be mistress of Pemberley might be something!  Context: She and the Gardiners have just driven up to a viewpoint where they can see the house of Pemberley.

To the Lighthouse Memorize and use the names of the 3 sections If you discuss the “angel in the house,” explain it Be able to clearly explain point of view in the novel. If you talk about stream-of-consciousness, explain it.

More General Comments Remember to compare AND contrast You should be writing a minimum of 4 pages single spaced, 8 pages double spaced. If you choose a prompt that asks you to write about the beginning or the ending (or the beginning and the ending), don’t get stuck ONLY discussing the beginning/ending Don’t quote unless you can do it accurately