Poetry: The Basics

AO2

What ideas are being expressed? What is the author's aim? Why are these ideas being expressed? Who is expressing these ideas [narrative voice]? H O W are these ideas being expressed?

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Language, Form and Structure

Language : the words and the way they work together to create meaning. Language features include: onomatopoeia, assonance, alliteration, sibilance, repetition, rhyme, rhythm, syntax, lexis, semantic fields, connotations, imagery, similes, metaphors, personification, symbols, vocabulary - formal, informal, specialist ...

 Form : all the 'ingredients' that writers of a particular genre use to create a recognisable work of literature. When thinking about a text, these are the characteristic features that are shared by other novels and which make it what it is. Form incluces: characterisation, use of settings, use of time, genre features - biography, diary, letter, romance, science fiction, point of view, narrative techniques ...

 Structure : all the techniques writers use to shape their ideas into a coherent whole. The way the text is structured is not accidental but is carefully designed to shape the way you think about the characters, events and themes of the text. This can be about the way the chapters progress, but there are also usually more subtle organising principles at work which you need to pay attention to. Structural features include: time chronological/linear, sequence of events, contrast, shape, rhythm, rhyme, sentence structure, punctuation, grammar, repetition, juxtaposition, settings, characters ...

Language, Form and Structure

Essay Task Discuss the ways in which Hughes uses language, form and structure to shape meaning?

MARK BAND DESCRIPTORS

Band 6 evaluation Band 5 analysis Band 4 explanation Band 3 some understanding Band 2 some awareness Band 1 very little grasp

Performance Descriptors AO2 /21

Typical answers might be characterised by the following descriptions Band 6

(19-21) AO2
evaluation of how the authors narrative methods work Several points fully developed and evaluated; structure/voice evaluated; excellent illustration integrated evaluation of the story and authorial method Band 5 (

15-18) AO2

analysis of how the authors narrative methods work several points fully developed and analysed; likely to be good analysis of structure/voice; well illustrated very good sense of the writer constructing the story

Band 4

(11-14) AO2
explanation of how the authors narrative methods work several points developed and explained; likely to be some explanation of structure/voice; clear illustration clear explanation of how the writer constructs the story

Band 3 (7-10) AO2

Some understanding of how the authors narrative methods work several points developed; points likely to be more than just language; development is likely to be straight-forward with some illustration beginnings of a connection between authorial method and the story

Band 2 (4-6) AO2

some awareness of how the authors narrative methods work several points mentioned; likely to be at word level, but could be other methods; possibly some vague or simple illustration; or 1 or 2 points identified with some discussion/ some simple illustration some awareness of the over-arching story with some awareness of the writers craft

Band 1 (1-3) AO2

very little grasp of how the authors narrative methods work 1 or 2 points mentioned; likely to be at word level; possibly some vague or simple illustration some bits of plot or character are mentioned 0 marks nothing written or writing which has nothing to do with text or task