End of Term Exam
Today’s objectives are:
• to outline the exam
• Overview of what you need to revise
• Looking at section one of the exam
Exam Structure
• The exam will mirror the end of term
exam in term one
• It will be in three sections; short answer
section with unseen texts, essay one
and essay two
• It will run for a duration of 2 hours
Exam Content
Section One
This section will consist of 3 to 5 unseen
texts. Three will be 5 to 6 questions on the
unseen texts.
**The last question will require you to
answer in a ‘mini-essay’ format.
Exam Content
The unseen texts in section one may consist of any of the
following text types:
Short story
Diary entry
Newspaper / feature article
Images (artwork, photograph)
Cartoon
Interview
Song
Poem
Review
Book, CD covers
Exam Content
Speech One
You will be required to write a speech on the
topic of transformation using the two texts
‘10 Things I Hate About You’ and ‘The
Taming of the Shrew’
Your speech will require you to include
quotes and techniques from both texts.
Exam Content
Essay Two
You will be required to write an essay on the
topic of power/control/rebellion using the
core text ‘1984’.
You will be required to quote from this text
using quotes (no need for page numbers)
and techniques in order to justify your
answer.
Exam Revision
Section One
You need to be ACTIVELY involved in the
following revision elements:
Revising the techniques of each text type and
ensuring you understand how to use them to
analyse the text. This information can be found
in your notes from term one. We have analysed
every text type multiple times. You can also visit
the website ‘technique assistance’ to jog your
memory and give you a quick lesson in
analysing texts.
Exam Revision
Section One
You need to look back at your past tests and
exams and gather the feedback to help you
know what YOU need to do to improve,
Some ideas:
Lack of techniques
Lack of analysis
Lack of both techniques and analysis
Exam Revision
Speech: Transformation
You need to re-read and watch these two texts in order to
refresh your memory of plot lines, characters, settings
and techniques.
You need to organise ALL the notes and analysis
achieved during the unit so that you understand the
transformation of the text
You then need to compile a list of notes showing the
techniques and quotes in each of the texts and how they
show transformation
You also need to look over the essays you have already
completed and read the extensive feedback offered so
you know where YOU need to improve.
Exam Revision
Essay : ‘1984’ power / control / rebellion
You need to look over all the work we have completed
using techniques to analyse the text. This includes the
holiday homework right through to the speeches.
Use your speech feedback to pin point where you need
to focus your understanding in terms of the novel.
Look at the essays you have handed in and the feedback
you have been given in reference to the text
You will not need to include related text in your exam
essay.
Exam Revision
This is the schedule for exam revision:
Week 7: Section one and essay one revision
Week 8: Essay one and Essay two
Week 8: September 3rd – Practice Exam on
Section One and Essay One
Week 8: September 5th – Practice Exam on Essay
Two
Week 9: Revision on all three sections using the
feedback from the practice exams.
Section One
We will be looking at the song ‘1984’ by
David Bowie and a short story to follow.
Complete the worksheet titled ‘Looking at a
Song.’
Analysing Song
Techniques used in the analysis of songs
Repetition
Tone
Figurative Language
Emotive Language
Structure
Alliteration
Assonance
Hyperbole
Colloquial Language
Allusion
Colour Meaning
Sibilance
Genre
Pitch
Rhythm
Cover/Original
Composer
David Bowie’s ‘1984’
Quote
Technique
Relations to control / power / rebellion
The title ‘1984’
Allusion
Immediately the song sets up the premises of control
and the effects of the abuse of power. The allusion
offers a foundation for the rest of the song to be
analysed with the concept of control and misuse of
power.
David Bowie’s ‘1984’
Quote
Technique
Relations to control / power / rebellion
The word ‘you’
Repetition
Inclusive Atmosphere
The repetition of the word ‘you’ reflects who
the message is addressed to. It creates an
inclusive atmosphere by identifying the
individual as the entity effected by the creation
of world like ‘1984’. Furthermore, this begins
the essence of rebellion in the song. Similar to
‘rallying up the troops’ in fighting against
‘them’.
David Bowie’s ‘1984’
Quote
Technique
Relation to power, control ,
rebellion
“You’ve read it in the tea
leaves…savage jaw of 1984”
Imagery of danger and future
consequences
Allusion
This quote offers the reader
the idea that the
consequences of our actions
now have been shown to us
through the clues offered in
our society. The allusion is we
know the consequences as
they have been for told
through the novel.
David Bowie’s ‘1984’
Quote
Technique
Relations to
control/power/rebellion
“They’ll split your pretty
cranium…shooting up on
anything”
Allusion to propaganda
and the novel through
hyperbole
He continues to show the effects of
ignoring the signs. Splitting your
cranium refers to filling your mind with
propaganda and the ideas ‘they’
choose to use in order to control you.
Furthermore, the use of the age 80
and shooting up is a direct allusion to
events in the novel. This is also
hyperbolised through the use of vivid
imagery.
David Bowie’s ‘1984’
Quote
Technique
Relation to control / power/ rebellion
“I’m”
Repetition
The use of the repetition involving the word
“I’m” is a response to the repetition of the
word “you”. It has been used to show the
concept of wanting to rebel against the future
consequences of ignoring the signs.
David Bowie’s ‘1984’
Other quotes and techniques you could have used:
Quote
Technique
“Beware the savage jaw of 1984”
Repetition, emotive language and
imagery of fear / danger / brutality
Verse 5
Allusion of novel
Rhythmic sounds
Vary of tone of the musicians
voice
The rebellious nature of David
Bowie and how his music pushed
the boundaries
Composer
“Come, see, come see, remember Rhetorical question
me?”
Analysing a Short Story
Techniques we can use to analyse a short story.
Refer to the handout.
Tenebrous
Quote
Technique
Relation to control / rebellion / power
Tenebrous (title)
Foreshadowing through
mood
The word tenebrous means to be dark,
dreary or obscure (hard to see). Some
synonyms for this word are gloomy, murky
and sombre. The name of the title sets
both the mood and atmosphere through
the connotations associated with it.
Furthermore, the use of foreshadowing
shows a dark story in which the characters
are living in a world they do not
understand or they cannot understand.
Tenebrous
Quote
Technique
Relation to control / power / rebellion
“scattered, divided
and leaderless we
are incapable of
revolt”
Culmination
The use of culmination shows the power the
Government has due to the fact the citizens
are not united. Furthermore, this idea can be
extended to show how rebellion is a struggle.
Tenebrous
Quote
Technique
Relation to control / power / rebellion
Dreams
Italics
The use of italics immediately allows the word to stand out and
stand out it should. Up until this point, the story is dark and fearful
(much like the title). The fact ‘dreams’ is in italics shows that the
word is special and, in this case, holds an important key to the
nature of rebellion.
Tenebrous
Quote
Technique
Relation to control / power / rebellion
‘…I have resisted’
Ellipsis
First person
Foreshadowing
The shift to first person places the spotlight on this
character. Furthermore, the first line uttered by the
character contains a dramatic pause to spark
tension and the words of a rebel. All of these factors
foreshadow the rebellion against the power.
Tenebrous
Quote
Technique
Relkation to control / power / rebellion
“The drug that gave
me my freedom”
Juxtaposition
The use of the word ‘drug’ and ‘freedom’ in the same
sentence creates a juxtaposition. The effect of this is
that it offers more detail into how this character rebels
against authority. Furthermore, the fact that the
technique is juxtaposition reinforces the concept of
this character doing the ‘opposite’ of what they should
be doing.
Tenebrous
Quote
Technique
Paragraphs
Paragraph structure – the
paragraphs begin scattered as
suggested in the beginning and, as
the story progresses, they become
more uniform and aligned
“scuttle amongst the slacking Guard”
Sibilance
Alliteration
Guard
Capatilised
“the sunlight licked the cold concrete” Personification
2843
Symbolism of the loss of identity =
control
‘the poisonous fluid…minds to soup”
Hyperbole
“2843, the last real human”
Irony
Poem Analysis
Quote
Technique
Relation to control / power / rebellion
Title
Alliteration
Repetition
The emphasised ‘f’ sound can be seen to echo a
hesitant behavior in terms of the subject matter of the
poem. This can show the concept of power as the
alliteration offers a view regarding how the poet feels
about the issue of life and its inevitable fate.
Poem Analysis
Quote
Technique
Relation to control / power / rebellion
First three lines
Contrast
Symbolism
High Modality
Irony
The contrast is showing the creative and
destructive forces that surround man. Furthermore,
the use of symbolism by referring to green as
showing the health of youth is ironic as it is the
destroyer of life. The use of words such as ‘blasts’
and ‘destroyer’ offer an image of an unrelenting
force that gives and takes at will.
Poem Analysis
Quote
Technique
Relation to control / power / rebellion
“The force”
Repetition
Reiterating the vigor of life and death by
repeating it throughout the poem.
Poem Analysis
Quote
Technique
Relation to control / power / rebellion
“How at the mountain spring
the same mouth sucks”
Motif
The continual imagery of life and death
through contrast and comparison
resonates throughout the poem.
Poem Analysis
Quote
Technque
Relation to control / power / rebellion
“And I am dumb…”
Repetition
Symbolism
The repeating of these four words at the end or
beginning of each stanza shows that the speaker is
mute to speak of what he is seeing because the force is
to great. Furthermore, it can also be said that this
symbolises the fact that the process of life is inevitable
and therefore, we have no control over how it operates.
Moreover, this leads to the fact that we are simply
‘dumb’ (both verbally and mentally) as life takes a
journey of its own.
Poem Analysis
Quote
Technique
Relation to control / power / rebellion
“Hanging man”
Allusion
Metaphor
Epiphany
The hanging man is a tarot card. It symbolises careful planning
and orderly growth within the tarot world. When retrieve upside
down it symbolises indecision and delay. When it is upright it
represents resection , sacrifice and letting go. The mention of
the hanging man begins with being dumb to tell him of his
fears. It can also be seen that because the hanging man
represents two ideas it its reflective of how the two ideas in the
poem (life and death) are also not in one mind therefore, this
becomes an epiphany. This is seen through the mention of clay
referring to his body and the mention of lime referring to the
scent places on corpses.
Poem Analysis
Quote
Technique
The use of the word ‘that’ Stanza One
Ambiguity (not clear).
Stanza 1 to 5
Enjambment
“Shroud sail” Stanza 3
Symbolism
“Stirs the quicksand”
Allusion to a Biblical reference
“Lips of time”, “mouthing streams”
Personification, Motif of time
“How at sheet goes the same crooked worm”
Metonym (the substitution of a name for a thing
or idea e.g. suit for business executive)
Structure of poem
Structural element
Speech Comments
Feedback from speeches (what worked well
overall)
The analysis of ‘1984’
The links to the related texts
The use of examples to link the ideas
The use of props and visual aid
Speech Comments
What needs to be improved
 Audience engagement. Showing this is a written
speech requires you to use speech related techniques.
 The use of colloquial and formal language in a solid
structure. Do not write an essay.
 Answering the question.
 Referring to elements of the question
 Showing how your analysis answers the question
through a mixture of speech and language techniques
 Practice!