Critical Appretiation Checklist

Question 1

What should the STRUCTURE of your critical appreciation consist of?

Answer 1

1. Title, time period
2. Middle
3. Last
4. ALWAYS WRITE ABOUT THE LAST LINE
5. Brief conclusion

Question 2

What are the things to ZOOM IN on?

Answer 2

Shifts
Opening sentences
Closing sentences

Question 3

AO1 to include

Answer 3

What is the key issue

Question 4

What are the AO1 5 themes?

Answer 4

Community
Hero
Land and the frontier
American dream
Journey from innocence to awareness

Question 5

What AO2 close analysis should you think about?

Answer 5

• Dialect
• What does it symbolise?
• How does it link contextually?
• Focal point
• Shifts
• Tone/ attitude

Question 6

What AO3 should you review?

Answer 6

Historical and contextual links to other books

Question 7

Last sentence things to zoom in on

Answer 7

• tension
• irony
• dark humor
• suspense
  -feeling
  -writers purpose

Question 8

AO2 list (10)

Answer 8

Semantic field
Imagery
Atmosphere
Tone - authorial tone
Characterisation
Focal Point
Protagonist
Shift
Juxtaposition
Dialogue

Question 9

Intro structure

Answer 9

Title
Throughout this extract the MORAL DILEMA is explored through… published in…. Context

Question 10

Paragraph structure

Answer 10

Chronological
First sentence
AO2
This may be a reflection of the time period… writers of the time…