English is okay
Macbeth
I gotta memorise quotes :(
oh wait also gotta do pargraph structures. i hate these stupid names.
introduction (TAKO)
Hook - only for the essay. Make it interesting based on the question. (preferrable not rhetorical question) (controversial statement about the question) (eg: 400 years ago William Shakespeare made it known that ambition leads to downfall. 400 years later we still fall to the same mistakes).
T - Title
A - Author
K - Thesis: 2 parts of the question (bring in Macbeth) (Also write a summary of the play hereish)
O - Outline: 3 paragraphs (3 statements)
Answer the question! State your thesis.
Include your three ‘threads of meaning’ from step 2, ‘Overall, the text expresses how (1,2,3)’. If possible, also weave in the author’s purpose (step 1). Thirdly, you may refer to elements seen throughout the text.
body paragraphs x3 (SEAEAL)
S - 2 aspects (name them)
E - Quote and/or specific instance
A - 3 A's (Analysis, author's purpose, audience (including us))
E - another example
A - same meaning and how it links to the first EA (inside)
L - Link to thesis. wider context and other meanings (outside)
LEXIO paragraphs! Ideally, two of these. Steps 1, 2 and 3 will come in handy here.
conclusion (TOO)
T - thesis
O - overview
O - outside
This should wrap up your ideas, ideally referring back to the purpose/theme/question. This may include zooming outside of the text, if you did not do this in each LEXIO paragraph or have something further to add.
I don't know where to add the 'steps 1, 2 and 3' in so I'll do it here
step 1 - read around the text
- the sentence above the text
- the title
- the source
- any glossed words
- the question
step 2 - the main points ('three threads of meaning')
LMAO I JUST FOUND THIS IN MY NOTES
it is true though....
Look at the key words of the question then look for 3 threads of meaning/ ideas/ angles - highlight these in 3 colours. This could be the three bullet points in the question, or three different ways one idea is shown. This helps you to make connections across the text.
I wouldn't like actually bother highlighting in the test but whatever
step 3 - language feautres
Look within and around your highlighted areas to identify language features and/or structural features. Consider what the language features are doing
I think this one is more for the unfamiliar texts than the shakespeare exams ngl
and here i present my actual Macbeth notes
notes
themes
guilt
causing insanity
ambition
corruption
interferring with the natural plan (natural order. religious references to how God wanted the world or something)
i will probably make ambition my main theme (because darn elysiium is doing guilt and they have really fucking good points so i dont want to steal off of them)
actual planning (FOR ME ONLY)
and the best part
linking to the outside world
Macbeth turns Scotland into a bad place like other authoritarian places in history such as Nazi Germany and Modern day North Korea
Unfamiliar texts
structure
Same introduction (TAKO)
T - Title
A - Author
K - Thesis: 2 parts of the question (bring in Macbeth) (Also write a summary of the play hereish)
O - Outline: 3 paragraphs (3 statements)
Body paragraphs x2 (LEXIO)
L – 2x Language features (including text features) correctly ID.
E – Example (quote the first feature)
X – Explain how the first feature creates meaning
I – L E X again. Explain how BOTH features create the same meaning
O – Outside. How the meaning relates to the real world outside of the text.
same conclusion (TOO)
T - thesis
O - overview
O - outside
I am so much less cooked for the unfamiliar texts I believe.
In the unfamiliar texts we will be studying
- a poem
- an exerpt from a fictional text
- a non-fiction
we have not practised how to study a non-fictional text so might be screwed but aiukjdsgnasdja