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LITERATUREMASS SSL-27th April 2012

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Website www.pyjamasintheworldunite.blogspot.com

Pyjamas or Pajamas?

o Pyjamas (British Spelling)

o Pajamas (American Spelling)

o Both are accepted, but make sure you

are consistent.

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Unseen Poetry

SA1 PracticeCommon mistakes:

1. st-st-stammers is not alliteration. Rather, it is repetition of theconsonant sound st. has an onomatopoeic effect for humour.

2. rhyme alive with Chanel Number 5 = reference to popular brandand is funny. Also used to reveal the modern setting of the poem.

3. Do not use weird to describe words. Use unusual imagery and/ormetaphor. (eg. Grocery basket)

4. Misconception of literary technique/device unusual wordplacement (order). If you do not know the poetic device, do not

mention it. Rather, describe the device that is used (eg. the poetuses st-st-stammer to allow readers to visualise the scene).However, someone who is able to identify the correct poetic devicewill be awarded brownie points i.e. marks!

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5. Author uses diction to show that she is jealous. Diction(diction=word choice) is used in ALL texts! Should state

the effect of diction used. (eg. humour throughexaggeration etc)

6. beautiful butcher apprentice taken as inappropriatedescription for a male. Should focus rather onalliteration here, which draws our attention to the use ofdiction beautiful. Shows her obsession for him.

7. Humour stems from irony. What is expected versuswhat actually happened.

8. A single sentence does not make a paragraph.

Minimum 2 sentences for each paragraph.

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9. Poet and writer do not equate to narrator! (eg. Poetdoes not fall in love with narrator)

10.Many failed to answer question directly, not linking up tothe focus of the question (eg. Not tying up to humour)PEEL not EEL or EEP.

11.Identifying of wrong literary device results in invalidpoint. Paragraph will be disregarded when grading.

12.Min. 4 points (has to be well developed)

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EXAM FORMAT

Part I: The Boy in the StripedPajamas (25m)

EXTRACT

(from Chapters 7-9)

(a) CHARACTER (use only

evidence from the extract unless

stated otherwise)(b) Personal Response on Character

(use evidence-action, dialogue,

personal appearance, theme- ONLY

from Chapters 1-9)

Part II: Unseen Poetry (25m)

POEM

(a) CHARACTER

- (Impression)

(a) STYLE (Literary Techniques)

- How does the poet make

- How is the poem

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Women without MenContoured by choice,

They manage people overThe children they cant imagine

Bearing or diapering. Or the men

They wont concede lives to.

Work pushes old

Age off.

Unused to the new,

Some, not knowing,

What to do, are afraid,Though it may be a blessing

That women outlive men,

And singleness is theirs

Again

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Contoured (shaped) by choice, they managepeople over the children they cant imaginebearing or diapering, or the men they wontconcede(yield/ surrender/ give up) lives to.

Work pushes old age off.

Unused to the new, some, not knowing what to do,

are afraid, though it may be a blessing that womenoutlive men, and singleness is theirs again.

Women without Men

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How do you feel about the women in the poem? Why?

1. State your opinion. I feel that the women in the poem are independent.

2. Annotate the poem, identifying evidence to support youropinion.

3. Select a piece of evidence that supports your opinion andwrite a PEEL paragraph.

i. POINT: The women are independent because they are able toearn their own living and manage people.ii. EXPLANATION/ EXAMPLE: In the first stanza, the narrator says

that the women manage people instead of concede theirlives to men. This means that the women are leadingindependent lives when they do not sacrifice their lives to dohousehold chores and please their husbands. Instead, they

earn their own living by working in the corporate world andmanaging people.

iii. LINK: Therefore, they do not need to depend on anyone elsefor a living, are independent, and even exercise power whenthey manage people.

Women without Men

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Refer to novel p92-93

Total 25mPart (A)

What is your impression of Grandmotherhere?

Justify with evidence from the passage.

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Suggested Answeri. POINT: I think that Grandmother is strong-willed and is

not afraid to stand for what she believes in.

ii. EXPLANATION/ EXAMPLE: She was determined tospeak her mind and express how ashamed it makes

her feel seeing father in that uniformdespite therebeing many people around her, she said Father doesterrible, terrible things and that she want[ed] to tearthe eyes from her head to see him in that uniform.

iii. LINK: This shows that Grandmother is not afraid to saywhat she thinks no matter how unpopular her viewpointmay be.

- courtesy of Sabrena, 2C

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Suggested Answer 2i. POINT: Grandmother is a righteous woman.

ii. EXPLANATION/ EXAMPLE: When she was talking toFather, she says that she is ashamed of the terriblethings he does and goes to the extent of blaming

herself. She feels strongly against Father being aGerman soldier and says that seeing him in thatuniform makes her want to tear her eyes from herhead. This shows the extreme extent to which shedisagrees with what the German soldiers do.

iii.

iii. LINK: Thus, due to the strong feelings she has towardsFather being a German soldier, she is a righteouswoman.

- courtesy of Wen Ni, 2C

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Part (B)

Do you think Father is a kind person?Explain why.

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Suggested Answer

i. POINT: Yes, Father is a kind person.

ii. EXPLANATION/ EXAMPLE: Despite him being a Nazi,he is a kind man who cares for the well-being of others.In the conversation between Maria and Bruno, she says

that Father gave her a job, a home and food. Heeven arranged for Marias mothers hospital caredespite not being obligedto. This shows another sideof Father and how selfless he is to be able to be willing

to help others.iii. LINK: Thus, he is actually a kind person under a tough

demeanor.

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POINT: Yes, Father is a kind person.

EXPLANATION/ EXAMPLE 1:

It was said that Father had done 'many things of which(Bruno) should be proud of' and how Father 'took(Maria) in and helped her when she needed him'.Maria was also given 'a job, a home' and good whenshe was deprived of them, along with the fact thatFather 'offered' help when 'times were hard', imply thatFather had a heart.

Suggested Answer 2

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EXPLANATION/ EXAMPLE 2:

Father, although 'not obliged to', gave 'a lot of hospitalcare' to Maria's mother and even 'paid for it out of hisown pocket', just because she was 'a friend to hismother', 'paying all the expenses for her funeral too'.

LINK: All the deeds that Father carried out clearlydepicts the kindness in his soul and the warmth he hasin his heart.