English AT1 Flashcards
What to include in introduction
the form, a direct response to the question explaining purpose with reference to Reading to Write and stimulus quote
what to include in body paragraphs
identify macro technique used (verb) and quote from piece, explain how technique achieves purpose, link to stimulus and question, identify mentor text and quote from it, identify links to Reading to Write and prescribed text (5 sentences in total)
how many macro techniques per paragraph?
3
what to include in conclusion
one sentence responding directly to question
how many mentor techniques per text techniques
one mentor technique for every text technique
techniques in order for imaginative
symbolism of typewriter, characterization, establishing setting, imagery, metaphor, structure (broken up over days)
imaginative: imagery from ‘The Story of an Hour’
“whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength.”
imaginative: symbolism and characterization from ‘The Story of an Hour’
“Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.”
imaginative: metaphor from ‘The Story of an Hour’
“But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the colour that filled the air.”
purpose of imaginative
to reveal the prevailing, life-giving power of literature as form of courage in the face of adversity and conflict with one’s external world
discursive techniques in order
recurring metaphor, strong narrative voice, conversational tone/form, appropriation from Gaiman’s piece, allusion to literature, return to frame via epigraph
conversational tone from Neil Gaiman
“I am biased, enormously and obviously: I’m an author…but I am much more biased as a reader.”
allusion from Neil Gaiman
do not do what this author did when his 11-year-old was into R.L Stine, which is to go get a copy of Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’.”
appropriation from Neil Gaiman
“someone else, and when you return to your own world, you’re going to be slightly changed.”
purpose of discursive
to convey the power of literature to further enrich individuals into themselves and the world by evoking the imagination.
