Paper 1 Planning Flashcards
Steps to planning
analyse questions
opinion - point of entry
evidence, annotations or list of techniques
plan and organise paragraphs
topic sentences - should have what, how and why
Analysis checklist and signposting
evidence + authorial choice + interpretation of meaning = author’s purpose / intended message
Evaluation Checklist
- Presence of topic in this evidence
- What comment does the author effectively communicate about topic? What are they promoting or condemning?
- How does the author successfully make this comment? (making us like or dislike something proven by analysis)
- why does it matter (implications/ connotations / effects / lesson)
criticises synonyms
rebukes
admonishes
chastises
lambasts
castigates
demonises
condemns
questions synonyms
queries
disputes
casts doubt upon
refutes
interrogates
examines
challenges
exposes
provokes
ridicules synonyms
mocks
trivialises
satirises
lampoons
derides
pollories
parodies
caricatures
celebrates synonyms
commemorates
honours
salutes
recognises
acknowledges
memorialises
lionises
fetishises
idealises
eulogies
elevates
glorifies
sentimentalises
romanticies
beautifies
deifies
suberts synonyms
undermines
overturns
alters
modifies
corrupts
accepts synonyms
welcomes
embraces
affirms
reaffirms
internalises
externalises
technical terms
anthropomorphises
zoomorphises
Paragraph checklist
topic sentence = authorial choices + thesis sub-point
evidence = direct quote or sepcific textual reference
analysis = identify authorial choice + explicit meaning + implicit meaning
evaluation or clinch sentence = what comment is the author making about topic - bring back to thesis + reader effect
Thesis Checklist
tite and author of text
authorial choices
key words from questions in answer to questions
main topic / theme the author is commenting on (promoting or condemning about theme)
Skeleton Structure Checklist
Thesis
sub-point 1 thesis sub point and authorial choices
evidence
analysis
evaluation
