Question 5 Flashcards
how long should you spend on Question 5?
50mins - 1hr
Question 5 tips?
-do this question first
-pre plan!!
-learn a structure
-use wonderfully varied vocabulary
-16 SPAG marks - DONT forget
-structural features (cyclical narrative, repetition, shift in focus, long / short sentences or paragraphs)
-complex punctuation
-paragraphs link together and flow
what are SPAG marks for?
-sentence demarcation = separating ideas into sentences using right punctuation
-using : ; () ! -
-using complex & simple sentences
-ensuring use high level vocab
Question 5 tick list?
Language:
-alliteration
-personification
-metaphor / similie
-extended metaphor
-5 senses
-repetition
-rule of 3
-oxymoron
Structure:
-cyclical structure (same sentence at start & end)
-short sentences
-long sentences
-embedded clauses (x, Y, z)
-short / long paragraphs
- ; : - ! “ “ ()
how to create an extended metaphor?
swap out verbs you would use for an animal with the object you are describing THROUGHOUT
i.e. the raindrops slivered down
what tone should you write in?
NEGATIVE
-> easier
Question 5 Structure?
-short sentence (will be repeated at the end)
-5 senses paragraph (using semi-colons)
-short sentence from beginning but different
-paragraph using simile + list (colours)
-paragraph using personification + repetition + hyphen
-short sentences + rule of 3
-paragraph + oxymoron (grew smaller) + speech (include ‘!’)+ alliteration
-short paragraph on 5 senses + embedded clause + repetition
-short sentence (from beginning)
+metaphors throughout
how to adapt hot setting to a cold photo?
(wanting to be there)
make it an imagination / longing to be in the photo i.e:
-short sentence
I rapidly shut my eyes, longing for escape. My mind was flooded with the jubilance of the crisp morning. A gentle melody of birding chirping, singing and children giggling faintly in the distance. The fresh breeze cradling my rosy cheeks, the slight sting disappearing as I buried my face into my silky indigo scarf.
-then go on with your hot setting
-do small paragraph on photo at end
-short sentence (hot setting)
sentence starter for pretending you wanna be in that place?
my heavy eyelids slowly closing, as my mind tries to find solace in the …
how to adapt hot setting to a cold photo?
(flashbacks) - use if it’s inside of house
a whispered echo of the past reverberates through my thoughts it’s..
how to adapt hot setting to a cold photo?
(pretending photo was something you saw yesterday / last week) - use if a person
in the labyrinth of my mind, the sensations of [yesterday / last week] feel palpable. clearly before me i can vividly see…
good short sentences for linking back to photo
‘but i am still here’
-> single paragraph
‘my idyllic reverie dissipates gradually as the’
