Formulas. Flashcards
Quotation
▪️Identify relevant section of passage.
▪️lift out relevant word or phrase.
Context
▪️quote word and state meaning.
▪️quote two words or phrase so hat help understand the meaning.
▪️explain how they led you to this meaning.
Link
▪️quote words or phrases from the linking sentence or paragraph
▪️explain how it links back to previous ideas
▪️quote word or phrase from linking paragraph
▪️explain how it links forward to next idea
Word choice
▪️Quote example of word choice
▪️state denotations of the word (meaning)
▪️state connotations of the word (ideas)
▪️explain why word is effective in this context
Imagery
▪️quote image and identify this
▪️state what is being compared to what
▪️give literal root of the image
▪️explain how comparison is similar (just as… So too…)
▪️explain why method is effective in this context
Sentence structure
▪️give example of sentence structure used (punctuation, sentence type, sentence pattern)
▪️quote example
▪️explain why this is effective at this point and what it adds to the understanding of the passage.
Tone
▪️identify tone
▪️quote any words/images/sentence structure which creates this tone
▪️explain why this is effective within the passage
Contrast
▪️quote any word or phrase which side of the contrast
▪️explain how they do so (connotations)
▪️quote any word or phrase which shows the opposite idea
▪️explain how they do so (connotations)
How effective
▪️Give a statement answering the question
▪️give a quote to back up your statement
▪️explain how the quote backs up your point
If the question doesn’t match a formula
▪️Look at the number of marks available
▪️give a statement answering the question
▪️explain how quote backs up your point
Own words
▪️locate key points in the passage.
▪️highlight them.
▪️translate into own words to demonstrate understanding.
