Textual Analysis Flashcards
what is the word equation for an intro
TARTS
what is the intro formula
Title
Author
Reference to the question
Techniques
Summary of the story
what is the title of the short story
Superman and Paula Browns new snowsuit
who is the author of the short story
Sylvia Plath
what are potential questions
what is a short story that explores an important theme
what is a shorty story that makes you feel sympathy for a character
who are the main characters in SMAPBNSS
The narrator
Paula Brown
Uncle Frank
The mum
what is the summary of SMAPBNSS
it is a short story about :
A 12 year old girl who lives in Boston.
Every night she dreams of Superman as she lives near Boston airport and watches the planes every night out of her window. She dreams of Superman as her uncle frank as he is her hero and father figure. Due to a series of events she is forced to grow up and loose her childhood innocence as she realises even people close to you can be cruel
what is the word formula for a paragraph
PEAR
how to write a paragraph
point - answer question and put into context
evidence - quote
analysis - language / setting / characterisation * this is should be the biggest section *
refer - use words from question to explain how what you’ve said has answered the question
how many paragraphs so we write
5
what should each paragraph be about
INTRO
1 narrator at beginning - naive
2 turning point
3 incident
4 climax - mum and uncle frank not believing her
5 ending - how she is left at the end
CONCLUSION
conclusion formula
answer the question
summerise the main points
give your opinion
what is the main themes of SMAPBNSS
growing up
loosing childhood innocence
where is it set
Boston 1939 - war time
an example of an intro for SMAPBNSS
‘ super man and paula browns new snowsuit is a short story which ( ref to Q..) In this story (…summary)
there are a number of ways Plath goes about this
