Paper 1 - questions 3

Question 1

How is question 3 similar to?

Answer 1

it analyses structure, rather than language

analyses the structure part of AO2 ( you should already know AO2 )

need to talk about how the writer uses structure to achieve effects and influence on the reader

Question 2

What is the general structure of literature?

Answer 2

• exposition
  
  • introduces the setting and the main characters
• rising action
  
  • a series of events to keep the reader interested
• climax
  
  • the main character comes face-to-face with a problem and has a choice to make
• falling action
  
  • the problem unreavels, the hero either wins or loses
• denouement
  
  • the fallout from the way the character deal with the climax

Question 3

How may a writer increase tension?

Answer 3

often take their focus away from the very thing you want to know about

makes the reader feel emotionally strained

reader begins to imagine

Question 4

What should you do for the point ‘WHAT THE WRITER FOCUSES ON AT THE START’?

Answer 4

• examine the first paragraph of the extra on a sentance-by-sentance basis
• what do you notice about the structure of this paragraph?
  
  • what happens where?
  • how does this relate to the question (e.g. how does this interest the reader)

Question 5

What should you do for the point - HOW AND WHY THIS FOCUS CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE TEXT?

Answer 5

• consider the topics of each paragraph
  
  • rules of writing clearly state that a writer must change paragraph when writing about a different topic
• what different structural devices are used and how do they change over the course of the extract
  
  • use technical terms
• why does the writer use this structure
• again, look for the most perceptive points

Question 6

How should you bring it all together?

Answer 6

• answer most important and perceptive points in case time runs out
• does not have to be in order of bullet points necessarily