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A guideline on how to answer ENGLISH HL PAPER 1 questions on comprehension, poetry, and visual literacy.
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- 1. ENGLISH HL – PAPER 1 AN IEB GUIDELINE on answering comprehension, poetry and visual literacy T. MOOSA ENGLISH HL HYDE PARK HIGH SCHOOL
- 2. COMPREHENSION • Read the questions before reading the text. This way, you know what information to look for and will get an idea of the text. • Use your reading time effectively to avoid going back and forth between the text and questions • Questions: • Look at the mark allocation (marks are awarded based on the entirety/completeness of your answer, not a mark per point) • Question words – understand what the question is asking of you: T. MOOSA ENGLISH HL HYDE PARK HIGH SCHOOL
- 5. COMPREHENSION – COMMON QUESTIONS • Effectiveness of title – look at things like alliteration; idiomatic expressions, play on words – don’t just say it “intrigues the reader” – tell us HOW it intrigues the reader! • Tone of the text/article – this is the writers attitude towards the content they are writing (e.g. argumentative, accusatory, admiring, amused, candid, comic, concerned, disapproving, humorous, informative, inspirational, mocking, objective, sarcastic, scornful etc.) • Visit this website for more on tone T. MOOSA ENGLISH HL HYDE PARK HIGH SCHOOL
- 6. • Register – is the text formal/informal/conversational? What makes it this way? Just because the text is written in correct English, does not make it automatically formal. • Formal: informative, reporting; tends to have little voice/opinions. • Informal/conversational: use of pronouns (we, us, you etc.), rhetorical questions, contractions, colloquialisms, idiomatic expressions, writer’s voice clearly evident. COMPREHENSION – COMMON QUESTIONS T. MOOSA ENGLISH HL HYDE PARK HIGH SCHOOL
- 7. COMPREHENSION – COMMON QUESTIONS • Purpose • although a question may not simply ask you for the purpose of the text, you may need to be aware of it in order to answer a question that includes purpose, for example: How does the example given in paragraph 6 drive the purpose of the text? • In this case, you would have to refer to the purpose AND the example AND make a link between the two • General Knowledge/Current Affairs • Most times, the texts used for English are topical and reflect current affairs. Having an understanding (and perhaps an opinion) about these things will help you. T. MOOSA ENGLISH HL HYDE PARK HIGH SCHOOL
- 8. • Seen poems have been analysed and discussed in class, study ALL – we cannot anticipate which poems will appear in the exam • Always consider: • Comparisons: metaphors, extended metaphors and similes • Effects of enjambment, alliteration, assonance, personification, idioms, euphemisms • The intention, mood and tone of poems POETRY TONE The writers attitude towards the subject (how the writer feels) MOOD How the reader is made to feel T. MOOSA ENGLISH HL HYDE PARK HIGH SCHOOL
- 9. • Use the same analysis technique used to analyse seen poems: • Read for meaning • Look for figurative language and literal meaning • Assess the effects of enjambment, alliteration, assonance, personification, idioms, euphemisms • What is the intention, mood and tone of the poem? • Unseen poems will likely be coupled with a seen poem. Use similarities between the two (themes, ideas, imagery) to help you answer questions. UNSEEN POETRY T. MOOSA ENGLISH HL HYDE PARK HIGH SCHOOL
- 10. VISUAL LITERACY • Usually cartoons and advertisements • A thorough description of visual clues is essential (visual clues can include size, font, colour, images, character actions and expressions) • For example, if the character is sleeping, how do we know they are sleeping? Details such as “eyes closed”, “feet up”, “laying down” are necessary) T. MOOSA ENGLISH HL HYDE PARK HIGH SCHOOL
- 11. • Explain metaphors COMPLETELY! What is being compared to what? What do these things have in common? • Satire is the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. • AGAIN, knowledge and opinions about current affairs will help you understand the texts and answer effectively. VISUAL LITERACY T. MOOSA ENGLISH HL HYDE PARK HIGH SCHOOL