Friday, September 24, 2010

More Exam Advice

Remember:
Paper 1 Commentary
1. The central focus of your written commentary is the author's purpose and how he/she achieves it.
2. You comment on lexis(vocabulary/diction), figures of speech, structure (grammar, tense, participles, punctuation, sentence length).
3. Write in commentary sentences which: i)identify ii)quote iii)comment on the effect of the language used.

Paper 1 Directed Writing
1. Write in the same genre as the original piece.
2. Use features which you identified whilst writing your commentary.

Paper 2.
1. Spend one hour on section A and one hour on section B.
2. Write in the correct genre: do not mix up narrative and descriptive writing.

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