End of Term ExamToday’s objectives are:• to outline the exam• Overview of what you need to revise• Looking at section one of the exam

Exam Structure• The exam will mirror the end of term

exam in term one• It will be in three sections; short answer

section with unseen texts, essay one and essay two

• It will run for a duration of 2 hours

Exam ContentSection OneThis section will consist of 3 to 5 unseen texts. Three will be 5 to 6 questions on the unseen texts. **The last question will require you to answer in a ‘mini-essay’ format.

Exam ContentThe unseen texts in section one may consist of any of the following text types:

Short storyDiary entryNewspaper / feature articleImages (artwork, photograph)CartoonInterviewSongPoemReviewBook, CD covers

Exam ContentSpeech OneYou will be required to write a speech on the topic of transformation using the two texts ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ and ‘The Taming of the Shrew’Your speech will require you to include quotes and techniques from both texts.

Exam ContentEssay TwoYou will be required to write an essay on the topic of power/control/rebellion using the core text ‘1984’. You will be required to quote from this text using quotes (no need for page numbers) and techniques in order to justify your answer.

Exam RevisionSection OneYou need to be ACTIVELY involved in the following revision elements:

Revising the techniques of each text type and ensuring you understand how to use them to analyse the text. This information can be found in your notes from term one. We have analysed every text type multiple times. You can also visit the website ‘technique assistance’ to jog your memory and give you a quick lesson in analysing texts.

Exam RevisionSection One

You need to look back at your past tests and exams and gather the feedback to help you know what YOU need to do to improve,Some ideas:

Lack of techniquesLack of analysisLack of both techniques and analysis

Exam RevisionSpeech: Transformation

You need to re-read and watch these two texts in order to refresh your memory of plot lines, characters, settings and techniques.You need to organise ALL the notes and analysis achieved during the unit so that you understand the transformation of the textYou then need to compile a list of notes showing the techniques and quotes in each of the texts and how they show transformationYou also need to look over the essays you have already completed and read the extensive feedback offered so you know where YOU need to improve.

Exam RevisionEssay : ‘1984’ power / control / rebellion

You need to look over all the work we have completed using techniques to analyse the text. This includes the holiday homework right through to the speeches.Use your speech feedback to pin point where you need to focus your understanding in terms of the novel.Look at the essays you have handed in and the feedback you have been given in reference to the textYou will not need to include related text in your exam essay.

Exam RevisionThis is the schedule for exam revision:Week 7: Section one and essay one revisionWeek 8: Essay one and Essay twoWeek 8: September 3rd – Practice Exam on Section One and Essay OneWeek 8: September 5th – Practice Exam on Essay TwoWeek 9: Revision on all three sections using the feedback from the practice exams.

Section One We will be looking at the song ‘1984’ by David Bowie and a short story to follow.Complete the worksheet titled ‘Looking at a Song.’

Analysing SongTechniques used in the analysis of songs

Repetition Tone Figurative LanguageEmotive Language Structure

Alliteration Assonance HyperboleColloquial Language Allusion

Colour Meaning Sibilance GenrePitch Rhythm Cover/Original

Composer

David Bowie’s ‘1984’

Quote Technique Relations to control / power / rebellionThe title ‘1984’ Allusion Immediately the song sets up the premises of control

and the effects of the abuse of power. The allusion offers a foundation for the rest of the song to be analysed with the concept of control and misuse of power.

Quote Technique Relations to control / power / rebellionThe word ‘you’ Repetition

Inclusive AtmosphereThe repetition of the word ‘you’ reflects who the message is addressed to. It creates an inclusive atmosphere by identifying the individual as the entity effected by the creation of world like ‘1984’. Furthermore, this begins the essence of rebellion in the song. Similar to ‘rallying up the troops’ in fighting against ‘them’.

David Bowie’s ‘1984’

David Bowie’s ‘1984’Quote Technique Relation to power, control ,

rebellion“You’ve read it in the tea leaves…savage jaw of 1984”

Imagery of danger and future consequencesAllusion

This quote offers the reader the idea that the consequences of our actions now have been shown to us through the clues offered in our society. The allusion is we know the consequences as they have been for told through the novel.

David Bowie’s ‘1984’Quote Technique Relations to

control/power/rebellion“They’ll split your pretty cranium…shooting up on anything”

Allusion to propaganda and the novel through hyperbole

He continues to show the effects of ignoring the signs. Splitting your cranium refers to filling your mind with propaganda and the ideas ‘they’ choose to use in order to control you.Furthermore, the use of the age 80 and shooting up is a direct allusion to events in the novel. This is also hyperbolised through the use of vivid imagery.

David Bowie’s ‘1984’

Quote Technique Relation to control / power/ rebellion“I’m” Repetition The use of the repetition involving the word

“I’m” is a response to the repetition of the word “you”. It has been used to show the concept of wanting to rebel against the future consequences of ignoring the signs.

David Bowie’s ‘1984’Other quotes and techniques you could have used:

Quote Technique“Beware the savage jaw of 1984” Repetition, emotive language and

imagery of fear / danger / brutality Verse 5 Allusion of novel

Rhythmic sounds Vary of tone of the musicians voice

The rebellious nature of David Bowie and how his music pushed the boundaries

Composer

“Come, see, come see, remember me?”

Rhetorical question

Analysing a Short StoryTechniques we can use to analyse a short story.Refer to the handout.

TenebrousQuote Technique Relation to control / rebellion / powerTenebrous (title) Foreshadowing through

mood The word tenebrous means to be dark, dreary or obscure (hard to see). Some synonyms for this word are gloomy, murky and sombre. The name of the title sets both the mood and atmosphere through the connotations associated with it. Furthermore, the use of foreshadowing shows a dark story in which the characters are living in a world they do not understand or they cannot understand.

TenebrousQuote Technique Relation to control / power / rebellion“scattered, divided and leaderless we are incapable of revolt”

Culmination The use of culmination shows the power the Government has due to the fact the citizens are not united. Furthermore, this idea can be extended to show how rebellion is a struggle.

TenebrousQuote Technique Relation to control / power / rebellionDreams Italics The use of italics immediately allows the word to stand out and

stand out it should. Up until this point, the story is dark and fearful (much like the title). The fact ‘dreams’ is in italics shows that the word is special and, in this case, holds an important key to the nature of rebellion.

TenebrousQuote Technique Relation to control / power / rebellion‘…I have resisted’ Ellipsis

First personForeshadowing

The shift to first person places the spotlight on this character. Furthermore, the first line uttered by the character contains a dramatic pause to spark tension and the words of a rebel. All of these factors foreshadow the rebellion against the power.

TenebrousQuote Technique Relkation to control / power / rebellion

“The drug that gave me my freedom”

Juxtaposition The use of the word ‘drug’ and ‘freedom’ in the same sentence creates a juxtaposition. The effect of this is that it offers more detail into how this character rebels against authority. Furthermore, the fact that the technique is juxtaposition reinforces the concept of this character doing the ‘opposite’ of what they should be doing.

TenebrousQuote TechniqueParagraphs Paragraph structure – the paragraphs

begin scattered as suggested in the beginning and, as the story progresses, they become more uniform and aligned

“scuttle amongst the slacking Guard” SibilanceAlliteration

Guard Capatilised

“the sunlight licked the cold concrete” Personification

2843 Symbolism of the loss of identity = control

‘the poisonous fluid…minds to soup” Hyperbole

“2843, the last real human” Irony

Poem AnalysisQuote Technique Relation to control / power / rebellionTitle Alliteration

RepetitionThe emphasised ‘f’ sound can be seen to echo a hesitant behavior in terms of the subject matter of the poem. This can show the concept of power as the alliteration offers a view regarding how the poet feels about the issue of life and its inevitable fate.

Poem AnalysisQuote Technique Relation to control / power / rebellionFirst three lines Contrast

SymbolismHigh ModalityIrony

The contrast is showing the creative and destructive forces that surround man. Furthermore, the use of symbolism by referring to green as showing the health of youth is ironic as it is the destroyer of life. The use of words such as ‘blasts’ and ‘destroyer’ offer an image of an unrelenting force that gives and takes at will.

Poem AnalysisQuote Technique Relation to control / power / rebellion“The force” Repetition Reiterating the vigor of life and death by

repeating it throughout the poem.

Poem AnalysisQuote Technique Relation to control / power / rebellion“How at the mountain spring the same mouth sucks”

Motif The continual imagery of life and death through contrast and comparison resonates throughout the poem.

Poem AnalysisQuote Technque Relation to control / power / rebellion“And I am dumb…” Repetition

SymbolismThe repeating of these four words at the end or beginning of each stanza shows that the speaker is mute to speak of what he is seeing because the force is to great. Furthermore, it can also be said that this symbolises the fact that the process of life is inevitable and therefore, we have no control over how it operates. Moreover, this leads to the fact that we are simply ‘dumb’ (both verbally and mentally) as life takes a journey of its own.

Poem AnalysisQuote Technique Relation to control / power / rebellion“Hanging man” Allusion

MetaphorEpiphany

The hanging man is a tarot card. It symbolises careful planning and orderly growth within the tarot world. When retrieve upside down it symbolises indecision and delay. When it is upright it represents resection , sacrifice and letting go. The mention of the hanging man begins with being dumb to tell him of his fears. It can also be seen that because the hanging man represents two ideas it its reflective of how the two ideas in the poem (life and death) are also not in one mind therefore, this becomes an epiphany. This is seen through the mention of clay referring to his body and the mention of lime referring to the scent places on corpses.

Poem AnalysisQuote TechniqueThe use of the word ‘that’ Stanza One Ambiguity (not clear).

Stanza 1 to 5 Enjambment

“Shroud sail” Stanza 3 Symbolism

“Stirs the quicksand” Allusion to a Biblical reference

“Lips of time”, “mouthing streams” Personification, Motif of time

“How at sheet goes the same crooked worm” Metonym (the substitution of a name for a thing or idea e.g. suit for business executive)

Structure of poem Structural element

Speech CommentsFeedback from speeches (what worked well overall)The analysis of ‘1984’The links to the related textsThe use of examples to link the ideasThe use of props and visual aid

Speech CommentsWhat needs to be improvedAudience engagement. Showing this is a written speech

requires you to use speech related techniques.The use of colloquial and formal language in a solid structure.

Do not write an essay.Answering the question.Referring to elements of the questionShowing how your analysis answers the question through a

mixture of speech and language techniquesPractice!