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Paper 1 Review Comments. TIME MANAGEMENT 5 minutes Read both: “Reading period” of the exam (no writing allowed) 15-30 minutes Reread your chosen extract.

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1 Paper 1 Review Comments

2 TIME MANAGEMENT 5 minutes Read both: “Reading period” of the exam (no writing allowed) 15-30 minutes Reread your chosen extract for understanding Do a close reading Create a brief outline Begin writing your commentary, working on it until the last minute The REAL Paper 1 exam is 2 hours long

3 Plan for a Commentary What kind of “reading” have you come up with? Does it highlight a particular aspect of content or style? Does it ask from where the poem gains its main strength? Does it focus on a contrast or conflict, or a significant development? What kinds of structure might you follow? One that traces the linear development of the poem, or perhaps one that breaks the poem’s features down into concepts? Once you’ve decided, create your outline

4 Two Ways to Structure Commentary Linear Moves sequentially PROS: Can work well when an extract has a clear sense of development Topic statements (first sentences of paragraphs) can focus on points of transition CONS: Danger of falling into retelling Conceptual Organized by different aspects of content and language EXAMPLE: Par. 1: Character of Narrator Par. 2: Her Relationship with her parents Par. 3: Setting Par. 4: Controlling Metaphor Par.5: Etc… Look at language/ techniques as you support points PROS: More holistic Allows you to show more control over your thesis, and develop your ideas more coherently

5 General You are all fully capable of getting a 5 or better on this exam if you slow down, read carefully, and write a fully developed commentary which considers the effects of authors’ choices. Include a summary (at least 2 sentences) of the contents of the passage/poem in your intro Support all claims with quoted (not paraphrased) text (detail, detail, detail!) Don’t completely ignore whole stanzas in a poem or beginnings and endings of prose passages

6 DO NOT USE… “[The Author] writes,” as a lead-in. It is a WEAK lead-in. It provides no context It shows no awareness of a speaker/ narrator It weakens your analysis because you lose an opportunity to show that you understand the poem/passage It confuses the author and speaker/narrator

7 EXAMPLES  In the first stanza of the poem, Hope writes, “Nine hundred years have gone;/Now, in another age…”(3-4). In the first stanza of the poem, the speaker states, Nine hundred years have gone;/Now, in another age…”(3-4).

8 EXAMPLES  Looking at the first stanza, Hope begins by referring to the recently discovered “Words scored upon a bone,/Scratched in despair or rage…”(1-2). Looking at the first stanza, the speaker begins by referring to the recently discovered “Words scored upon a bone,/Scratched in despair or rage…”(1-2).

9 EXAMPLES  Hope creates this mood when he writes, “Words scored upon a bone,/Scratched in despair or rage…” (1-2). Hope creates this mood when the speaker states, “Words scored upon a bone,/Scratched in despair or rage…” (1-2).

10 Review your Poetry Terms Connotation Image/Imagery Simile Speaker Rhyming couplet Metaphor Personification Enjambment Caesura

11 General Write a minimum of 4 pages Poems have speakers, not narrators; prose passages have narrators Don’t forget to discuss structure and sound (in relation to meaning) with poems and structure (things like paragraphing, syntax, sentence length, repetition, etc.) and figurative language/ imagery with prose Be sure to differentiate between the author and the speaker/narrator…they are not the same

12 Dominant Effect What is the primary intellectual impact of the passage/poem? What is the primary emotional impact of the passage/poem? Create your dominant effect from these Then: what choices has the author made to create that effect?

13 Writing an Introduction to your commentary… Go straight to the literature— avoid generalizations Write 2-3 sentences explaining what the poem or passage is about (show understanding) Write your thesis stating a clear argument about dominant effect Do NOT list a bunch of techniques.

14 Middle of your commentary Well-paragraphed Clear development of argument – clearly linking one idea to the next Cite with line # only

15 Conclusion of your commentary Don’t repeat Briefly sum up what you’ve said DRAW A CONCLUSION – so what?


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