Preparing for Unit 2

Do you know..? How long the paper is? How many sections it has? How many questions you have to answer? What each section/question will assess? Which text you should answer on? What the secrets of success for each section/question are?

Timing is all 1hr 45mins in total Section A: 45 minutes Planning: 15 minutes Writing: 30 minutes Section B: 30 minutes for EACH question Planning: 5-10 minutes Writing: minutes And remember to allow time to CHECK your work at the end.

Opening Worlds Thread - introduction: you will get this from the question! P.E.E. - apart from introduction and conclusion Embedded quotations - short and frequent Original ideas - backed up by examples Compare AND contrast - similarities but also significant difference(s) DON’T just tell the story!!!

P.E.E. Each paragraph in the main body of your essay should have a: POINT (or ‘topic sentence(s)’) EXAMPLE (evidence, quotation etc.) EXPLANATION (deeper analysis) This applies to ANY writing task - and any of the questions on the Unit 2 paper.

Argue Persuade Advise Powerful start and finish - VERY important Original and engaging - think of audience Lots of persuasive techniques - rhetorical tools, especially: Rule of three Rhetorical Question Figurative Language: metaphors, similes Emotive Language One sided, exaggeration

Think: “ A Forest” A: Alliteration F: Facts O: Opinions R: Repetition E: Emotive language S: Statistics T: Three(Rule of)

Think the “FEAR factor” F: Facts E: Exaggeration and Emotive Language A: Assertions and Anecdotes R: Rhetorical Questions

Analyse Review Comment Overview - pithy and pertinent Range of examples - analysis/review Connectives and paragraph markers When asked to “Comment”, give your personal opinion Balanced and objective - different from Argue, persuade and advise

Some things you might have forgotten POS begins with a long and powerful description of EDUCATION and TYRANNY. There are lots of graphic examples of the poverty of Clement’s household. RB explores two worlds - the fantasy of the fountain, the cricket game and Woodford Square; and the reality whose cobwebs he can’t shake off Poverty has destroyed Bolan’s father in almost every respect - emotionally; psychologically; and his family.

Some things you might have forgotten (ctd.) LF is about tyranny - the parents’ despotism over Sidda AND Leela Sidda makes no effort to challenge or reverse the cruel hierarchy which oppresses him In YC, India (and its representative, her mother-in-law) is like an army - but also like a whirlpool, sucking Cathy into its hold Setting is very important - the flat is light and airy (and ‘pastel-coloured’); the house is heavy and oppressive.

Some things you might have forgotten (ctd.) The significance of GAT is Ravi’s total annihilation at the end (his overwhelming ignominy) - all the worse for his high hopes beforehand The shed, whilst hostile at first, provides a cocoon in which his confidence breeds for once. In WO, Savushkin is insulated against society - the ice crystals may melt, but his independence, resilience and contentment do not Anna Vasilevna’s role as teacher is reversed, and she LEARNS from Savushkin - casting a whole new light on education.

Choose your order 1. Opening Worlds 2. Analyse, review, comment 3. Argue, persuade, advise OR 1. Analyse, review, comment 2. Argue, persuade, advise 3. Opening Worlds