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Paper 1 questions on the poem:

 

How is the poem organized? Why?

What appeals are made to the senses? How?

What diction does the poet use? To what effect?

What is the effect of figurative language?

How does the poet use sound effects? (end rhyme, internal rhyme,

      alliteration, consonance, assonance, melodious or harsh sounds,

      onomatopoeia)

What is the mood of the poem? How is this effect achieved?

What is the tone of the passage? How is this tone achieved?

      What does the tone indicate about the speaker’s views?

What does the tone indicate about the poet’s views?

What ideas are communicated through the poem? How?

What emotions are communicated through the poem? How?

How do the above features reinforce each other?

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Alternatively:

How does the poet appeal to the reader’s senses?

      smell, taste, vision, touch, sound (include the sounds of the

      words themselves)

What movement operates in the poem?

      (absence of) physical movement, movement in time –linear or

      jumping back and forth-, shifts in mood and tone; any

      movement/development)

What contrasts operate in the poem?

      contrasts in sound, ideas, feelings, between what is said and

      what is felt, between the speaker and his/her environment.

      between the past and the present; any contrast)

What patterns are visible in the poem? (patterns of sound, clusters

     of ideas, parallel phrases, rhythmic patterns; any pattern)

What is the tone of the poem? How is it created?

How do the above reinforce each other?

 

Here is a mock exam with notes (remove 25 from the URL three times)

One of the many Guides to literary terms

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This is the hopeful beginning of a growing list of poetry sites:

Nine attempt to clone a poem (requires Flash)

Synesthesia (requires Flash)

Poets:

     Dana Gioia—poems, essays

 

     Henry Reed “Naming of Parts”  and other poems (some read),

     resources, criticism.

 

 

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SYLLABUS AND ASSESSMENT

ASSESSMENT CRITERA

poetry

  

 

 

 

Paper 1 questions on the prose:

 

How is character presented:

     - through the character’s thoughts and feelings?

     - through dialogue?

     - through interaction with other characters?

     - through the character’s reaction to events?

     - through symbolic colours, objects?

 

What is the significance of the setting in place?

 

What is the significance of the setting in time?

 

What is the significance of the social setting?

 

How is the passage organized?

    - chronologically / with time shifts?

    - description / dialogue?

    - Are paragraphs long/ short?

    - Are sentences long/short?

 

What is the effect of the author’s choice of diction?

    - Is the language poetic, matter-of-fact, formal, informal?

 

What is the mood of the passage and how is this created?

 

What is the tone of the passage?

    - What indications does it offer of the author’s position/point of

      view towards the subject matter?  

 

Does the author suggest that this is an excerpt from a larger story?

 

    - How does it do so?

    - If so, is it an excerpt from the beginning, the end, the middle?

    - How can you tell?

 

Here is a mock exam with notes (remove 25 from the URL three times)

   paper 1

Link to paper 2

Link to part 2 works

Link to part 1 works

Link to part 3 works

Link to part 4 works

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