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    Question types (Narrative & Non-narrative)

    Friday, 15 September 2017 9:15 AM

    Literal
    Factual: identify answer directly from passage
    Vocabulary: provide meaning from text

    Inferential - Connotation
    Pick out key words from question
    Use
    (a) author’s intention
    (b) prior knowledge
    (c) contextual clues

    Reference

    Type 1- complex reference


    a. Identify main idea/commutation from question
    b. Identify synonyms of ^
    c. Evidence + Explanation
    Question: Explain how the language in paragraph _____ shows that ________________. Pick 3 evidences to support your
    answer. (phrases/sentence)
    D + C + synonym = 1 mark
    Answer : [Denotation] shows that therefore/ thus/ it highlights/ emphasises [Connotation; Explanation Of
    phrases + synonym if the idea found in question]
    Type 2 - Simple reference
    “Refer to paragraph ___ , identify word or phrase…”
    Question: Give evidence from paragraph…
    Answer : The evidence is “________”/ It is evident from “_________”/ Rephrase
    Type 3 - vocabulary (can fall under quotation as well)
    a. Given [Connotation]
    b. Identify [denotation + evidence] from text
    Full complete sentence
    Quotation marks
    Type 4 - support using evidence
    ‘How __________ can support his view using evidence from paragraph ___’
    D + C = 1 mark
    Answer : Denotation (quote from text) shows/highlights Connotation (explain and describe Denotation)
    Example
    Identify a phrase from paragraph 3 which suggest that Gina was crying in pain
    a. The phrase is “wailing loudly”
    b. The phrase is “wailing loudly in agony"
    c. The phrase is ‘ Gina was wailing loudly in agony.” (sentence)

    Quotation
    1. Identify topic
    2. Understand denotation of quote
    3. Understand connotation of quote in context
    4. Link to topic and formulate answer
    Example
    What does ‘given quote’ suggest/tell you about [topic]
    Answer((Answer based on topic)
    It highlights that Jane is feeling (Topic)

    Gist (narrative comprehension)


    Evaluative: requires you to look at the emotion/gist of each paragraph
    • Notice keywords in paragraph; look out for characters, emotion/plot
    • Categorise the words; positive/ negative, compare feelings/emotion
    • Find the gist of each paragraph
    First type: emotions/feelings of narrator/another character
    • Adjective
    Second type: plot development/experience of narrator/another character
    • Not clear cut

    Intended effect: purpose + effect


    Evoke/create a sense of (emotion)
    In/on the (what is the emotion directed towards)
    How is it effective
    [Denotation] : what word means
    [Connotation] : in reference to context

    Literary devices
    Metaphors, Simile, Personification
    • Metaphor: one object is compare to a particular characteristic of another object
    • Simile: same as metaphors, except that they have a particular structure of “as…..as…” or “like….”
    -Identify Simile and Metaphor: don’t need subject
    • Personification: same as metaphors but only use human characteristics
    - Identify personification: need subject
    Answer
    A(subject) is compared to B(object) which highlights/emphasis that C(connotation: shows extreme/intensity:
    “very”)

    Irony
    Expectations do not meet reality
    Answer
    Since [scenario in text], therefore [logical consequences] yet [opposite of logical consequence, in text, paraphrased]

    Pun
    aka word play; when a single word/phrase as more than one meaning in the same context/ same sounding words,
    in context
    *common in visual text; advertising - to attract attention of audience
    Steps to understand a pun ; answer structure
    1. Identify the pun
    2. Identify the meanings
    Answer
    There is a pun on (word/phrase). The first meaning is (meaning). The second meaning is (meaning).

    Unusual yet Effective


    Unusual
    Steps to unpack ‘unusual’ question
    • What is odd/weird/uncommon about the expression?
    • Look at words in the sentence and find words that are not normally used together
    • Explain
    Answer
    The phrase “___________” is unusual as “[first word]” usually describes/means [definition], while “[second word]” usually
    describes/means [definition]
    *both definitions have to contrast each other (needs to link)
    Effective (link to context)
    • What does it emphasise?
    • Include ‘very’/‘extremely’ -> Writers use unusual phrases to highlight the intensity of things
    Answer
    It is effective as it highlights that situation from text (must include very/extremely or any word that highlights
    severity)

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