5.2. Practice with Unseen Texts

• What does AO2: Analysis focus on in unseen text analysis?

  Purpose, context, effects
• Developing effective strategies for unseen text analysis involves engaging in active reading and annotation
• Analyzing the text's effects on the reader is part of addressing AO2: Analysis.


  True
• When reading an unseen text, it is crucial to note down key themes
• Analyzing a text involves understanding its purpose, context, and effects on the reader
• Contextual details in literary analysis can shed light on the text's themes, devices, and structure
• Key features of different text types in English Literature

  1️⃣ Prose: Narrative structure, language devices

  2️⃣ Poetry: Verse, rhythm, rhyme schemes

  3️⃣ Drama Extracts: Dialogue, stage directions
• AO3: Contextual Understanding relates the text to broader social, historical, and cultural contexts.


  True
• Steps for active reading of an unseen text:

  1️⃣ Read the text carefully

  2️⃣ Annotate the text

  3️⃣ Analyze purpose, context, and effects
• Match the type of text with its characteristic elements:

  Prose ↔️ Narrative structure, characterization

  Poetry ↔️ Verse, figurative language

  Drama Extracts ↔️ Dialogue, stage directions
• Annotating a text helps identify relevant assessment objective criteria


  True
• Steps to create an outline for an English Literature essay

  1️⃣ Identify Main Ideas

  2️⃣ Organize Points

  3️⃣ Add Sub-Points

  4️⃣ Review
• Understanding the Romantic movement can help analyze a Romantic-era poem


  True
• Recognizing text type differences helps address assessment objectives effectively

  True
• Match the text type with its key features:

  Prose ↔️ Narrative structure and language devices

  Poetry ↔️ Verse, rhythm, and rhyme schemes

  Drama Extracts ↔️ Dialogue and stage directions
• Drama extracts include stage directions to indicate setting, actions, and emotions.


  True
• AO1: Knowledge and Understanding requires students to demonstrate understanding of the text's themes, literary devices, and structural elements
• Match the type of unseen text with its key features:

  Prose ↔️ Narrative structure, language devices

  Poetry ↔️ Verse, rhythm, rhyme schemes

  Drama Extracts ↔️ Dialogue, stage directions
• What is the purpose of underlining or highlighting in annotation?

  Identify key ideas
• Recognizing the differences between text types allows you to focus your analysis on the most relevant literary techniques
• Match the annotation technique with its purpose:

  Underlining/Highlighting ↔️ Identify key words, phrases, or ideas

  Marginal Notes ↔️ Record observations about themes, devices, structure

  Questioning ↔️ Note down any questions or areas needing further analysis

  Connections ↔️ Make links to other texts, contexts, or personal experiences
• Planning is essential for a well-structured essay in English Literature

  True
• Match the assessment objective with its description:

  AO1: Knowledge and Understanding ↔️ Demonstrate comprehension of the text’s themes, literary devices, and structure.

  AO2: Analysis ↔️ Evaluate the text’s purpose, context, and impact on the reader.

  AO3: Contextual Understanding ↔️ Relate the text to broader social, historical, or cultural settings.
• What are the three formats of literature mentioned in the text?

  Prose, poetry, drama
• Prose uses a narrative structure that includes perspective, plot, and characterization
• Why is it important to recognize the differences between prose, poetry, and drama?

  To analyze literary techniques
• Analyzing a text involves determining its purpose, context, and effects on the reader
• Personification involves giving human characteristics to non-human objects
• In "The Great Gatsby," Gatsby's mansion symbolizes his extravagant wealth.


  True
• Prose uses verse, rhythm, and rhyme schemes.

  False
• What type of language device is often used in poetry?

  Figurative language
• Unseen texts in OCR A-Level English Literature can be prose, poetry, or drama
• Steps for effective annotation of an unseen text

  1️⃣ Read the text carefully

  2️⃣ Highlight important details

  3️⃣ Make notes on observations

  4️⃣ Analyze purpose, context, and effects
• A metaphor is a direct comparison using "like" or "as".

  False
• What does alliteration emphasize in a text?

  Key phrases and rhythm
• What types of contexts are relevant when analyzing a Victorian-era text?

  Social, historical, cultural
• Why is it important to use short sentences in clear writing?

  To break down complex ideas
• Using active voice means the subjects perform the action
• Changing "Each and every word" to "Each word" is an example of eliminating redundancy
• Steps to quickly grasp the key elements of an unseen text

  1️⃣ Read the text carefully

  2️⃣ Note down key themes, literary devices, and structural elements

  3️⃣ Annotate the text