Question Types

Question 1

How do you answer a close reading question which involves a list?

Answer 1

Quote the list, then analyse it. Show what it’s trying to emphasise.

Question 2

What types of things can you comment on when answering a sentence structure close reading question?

Answer 2

Punctuation

Imagery

Word choice

List

Parenthesis

Tone

Question 3

How do you answer a close reading question which involves imagery?

Answer 3

Give a definition of the imagery item. (If the imagery says something like his home was like a cocoon, then describe a cocoon!)

Then say how the imagery is effective. (You could say that the cocoon comparison is effective as it conveys how safe and comfortable his house feels.)

Question 4

How do you answer the final comparative question between two passages?

Answer 4

FIRST: Write in bullet points the things they agree on.

SECOND: Write a paragraph. First you must say what they both agree on, then follow that up from a quote from both and analyse. Remember to analyse both and link them (how they agree).

Question 5

How do you answer the ten mark CG commonality question?

Answer 5

STEP 1: Name the concern. I.e. Social class, Discrimination etc.

STEP 2: Quote from the extract. Describe how it refers to the central concern.

STEP 3: Rest of novel. Quote 3x other places in novel which link to the central concern