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Literature is not about structure...It's about style
EvangelionZeta:
--- Quote from: Rietie on October 03, 2009, 11:00:04 pm ---I did Lit last year.
Both the lit teachers at my school were exam assessors.
They both heavily argued for a large introduction, to show what you will be arguing and to, if you can, slip in a little quote from one of passages you have received (to show that you are not writing out a memorised piece).
Because the rest of the essay won't be structured, they found as assessors, it is better to show your structure in your intro. It also helps in writing the essay, as you know what you are going to write next.
And you need a conclusion. Every single piece of writing one does, needs a conclusion.
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Of the sample responses I've seen from my school (all 45+ scoring ones) have minimal introduction and basically go straight into the passage. Perhaps it's just a matter of taste?
Anyway, I'd agree with what Eriny said; when I said zero structure, perhaps I should have been more explicit in saying what I meant was that your Argued Readings won't be formulaic almost to a t. My one was basically arranged half chronologically half thematically, going through the passage bit by bit whilst separating chunks which embodied different ideas.
And yeah, the conclusion is pretty vital - I tend to use it as a summary of my interpretation of the whole text.
--- Quote from: wildareal on October 03, 2009, 10:01:54 pm ---Great Job EvangelionZeta-do get back to us when you get your result, I would like to know what you get. Structurally I think you've got it in the bag.
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You'll have to wait another full year. :p
vexx:
just wondering, for the exam, does that mean you don't need to memorise quotes & you just need to quote parts of the passage?
samuch:
^ mostly (im going to memorise the most important ones though)
EvangelionZeta:
--- Quote from: vexx on October 04, 2009, 02:11:50 pm ---just wondering, for the exam, does that mean you don't need to memorise quotes & you just need to quote parts of the passage?
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You might want to know a few "key" quotes because you're allowed to refer to outside of the passage during the exam, although to quote (lolol) my teacher, you should always have one foot in the passage whilst doing so. For an example of what I mean, refer to the third paragraph of my argued reading.
95% of what you'll write on is within the passage though, so yeah, negligible quoting. ^^;
vexx:
sweet. i never know what to quote for english atm; so i'll be happy to be able to just use the passage.thanks:)
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