Exam Techniques

Question 1

Extract

Answer 1

• Events before that impact on the extract
• Events after that impacts on the extract
• Structure
• Characters on Stage
• Language techniques
• Think of adjectives that describe characters emotions and motivations
• How is the audience meant to respond?

Question 2

Tragedy/play

Answer 2

• Use tragedy terminologies such as hubris, hamartia, catastrophe, anagnorisis
• Strong topic sentence
• Reference to the audience

Question 3

Band 4

Answer 3

• Thorough, where in the play/novel
• How characters change with structure
• Confident
• Be difficult to be argued
• Write in 2/3 sections

Question 4

Band 5

Answer 4

• Complexity,
• How writers want the audience to respond
• Use terminologies relating to the theme e.g tragedy
• Ideas that develop the topic sentence
• Evidence
• Conclusion