AS English | 10/23/12| Week 8 SDL While taking the AS English Exam‚ you will be expected to complete commentaries on passages provided. Below is a list of tips for getting the best possible grade on the exam: 15 Relevant tips for Commentary Writing: 1. Create a commentary plan – include all phrases /sentences you are to comment on. 2. Create a coherent argument 3. Give a balanced judgment which gives attention to all parts of the question 4. Go beyond the text in the discussion
Premium Speech Vocabulary
How to Structure an I.B. Commentary (Oral or Written) I. Introduction A. Set the context 1. for a poem‚ some generalizations about the poet’s work and this poem’s relation to the poet’s work as a whole‚ as well as a summary of what happens in the poem 2. for a passage from a play or novel‚ a brief summary of the action leading up to the passage‚ as well as a summary of what occurs in the passage itself B. Identify the speaker/narrator 1. for a poem
Free Poetry Alliteration Fiction
is an extremist who is trying to make a difference in media manipulation. Body paragraph 1: • Concrete detail: “…I felt that if I could just get everyone’s attention and expose the problems in the right way‚ it could make a difference” (xvi) • Commentary: Ryan Holiday is using his own way to expose media manipulation. Instead of being nice about it‚ to him the only way to make a difference is to go in extreme lengths. He wants people to truly open their eyes about media manipulation and by exposing
Premium
Edward Gibbon‚ undoubtedly one of the most renowned historians in the western world for his History and Decline of the Roman Empire (published from 1776-78) was a firm believer in the role of the rise of Christianity as a major cause in the decline of the Roman Empire. Although he does not suggest that Christianity was the single cause for the fall of the Empire‚ he has strongly advocated that ‘the early Christian church at once redoubled the burden and reduced the strength of the Empire’ ‚ an Empire
Premium Roman Empire Ancient Rome Roman Republic
The first extract is from a novel called “Chocolat” by Joanne Harris which was published in 1999‚ whereas the second extract is from a website of the “From Bean to Bar” chocolate company which was published in 2006. Both extracts concern themselves with chocolate and the way it is manufactured‚ although they both have different intentions. The first extract is from a novel and describes the delightful pleasure of creating chocolate‚ whereas the second extract is used to promote and advertise the
Premium Narrative Unreliable narrator Narrator
"Attack" is a poem written in 1917 by Siegfried Sassoon while he was convalescing from his wounds in a hospital in Scotland. He was a soldier who fought in the First World War. Attack is a short‚ 13-line poem written in speech rhythm with some rhyme. The poem is described in a very vivid way which makes the reader think that the author himself witnessed the scene. The poem begins with the poet describing the setting of the poem. The landscape is in a battlefield where there are still remains of previous
Premium Poetry Siegfried Sassoon Rhyme
PUP COLLEGE ENTRANCE TEST ePERMIT FORM 1-B (Revised) September 10‚ 2012 PUP iApply STA. MESA‚ MANILA CAMPUS NAME: AZARES‚ ARLENE ALVEREZ Family Name First Name F Middle Name Gender High School: HOLY SPIRIT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL High School Address: STO IRENEO ST DONA EXT.BARANGAY HOLY SPIRIT 2ND Date of Examination: 02/17/2013 Time: 11:00 AM Room No.: W409 Seat No.: Signature of Test Administrator: 21 Examinee No.: 026296 THIS
Free High school Graduation Academic term
O you mock me! Why‚ in the name of all my fathers’ gods Why can’t you wait till I am gone— Must you abuse me to my face? O my city‚ all your fine rich sons! And you‚ you springs of Dirce‚ Holy grove of Thebe‚ where chariots gather‚ You at least‚ you’ll bear me witness‚ look Unmourned by friends and forced by such crude laws I go to my rockbound prison‚ strange new tomb— Always a stranger‚ O dear god‚ I have no home on earth and none below Not with the living and not with the breathless
Premium Oedipus Athens Woman
George Orwell ’s 1984‚ is a novel about the life of Winston Smith living in a totalitarianism state where Big Brother has control‚ power and dominates the lives of citizens. There are many significant paragraphs which stand out in the book however I extracted the passage on pages 127‚ 128 from "Folly‚ Folly‚ his heart....." to "...the absence of a telescreen" because it has great literary insight and significant elements of symbolism behind it.(This is where Winston heard the prole women singing
Premium Nineteen Eighty-Four
Patchwork Analysis Eavan Boland’s unique poem‚ Patchwork‚ allows the reader to be privy to the private thoughts of a persona‚ presumably the author herself‚ as she struggles to answer the question of fate or destiny. Throughout the poem‚ while quilting alone late at night‚ the speaker puzzles over the randomness of the universe‚ utilizing the simple quilt metaphor to inspire a final epiphany. Immediately revealing the central theme of the poem as well as alluding to the narrator’s apparent self-doubt
Premium Quilting Universe Stanza