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LITA3Love through the ages:how to write the essay
(this method is tried and tested with 99.9% efectiveness. Ithink.)
isc!aimer: there is a ".#% chance you do use this and somehowmanage to $ai! the eam. I&m not to '!ame.
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• ou wi!! 'e tested on the 4 Aos :
•AO1 A'i!ity to write * a clear coherent manner. ou can +ust chuck in a $ew $ancy words to gain etra marks.
• AO2 ,orm-tructure-Language * ana!y/e it 0ro0er!y. 1ake sure you have understood the tet. Reread the tet i$you don2t.
•AO3 om0are-contrast the reason why there are TWO etracts4 5h6 and don2t $orget a!! that wider reading. A!!those 'ooks your teachers shoved at you (ahem4) and $orced you to read. It comes in use here...
•AO4 * ontet and 7na!!y6 historica! and socia! contet to show of your 'ri!!iant understanding o$ love throughthe ages.
The 8 2s:
communicate te!! the eaminer you know what you are doing (or at !east 0retend you do) and use good !iteraryterms
critical * a rea!!y c!ose ana!ysis o$ the tets
compare use wider reading. It has to 'e re!evant though otherwise its use!ess.
context 0ut in something a'out attitudes o$ that time6 how it might be received now6 critica! rece0tion etc
when analsing an extract thin! about...
#. sub"ect or theme: what kind o$ !ove is it ta!king a'out
. #pea!er$situation% is it #st 0erson narrative 5mni0resent narrative
3. &orm: what is the overa!! structure o$ the etract Is the !ayout in a s0eci7c way ;g. onnets are sometimes twostan/as with one 0osing a 0ro'!em and the other 0ro0oses a so!ution.
8. 'deas and messages about love: <'e!ow the sur$ace2 or <'etween the !ines2.
=. Tone and atmosphere% what is it a'out the writing that creates efect Long sentences: !ots o$ thoughts6 ca!mand co!!ected. hort sentences: $ren/ied thinking 0attern6 'reath!essness etc.
>. 'mager (0articu!ar!y in 0oetry): what kinds o$ visua! imagery does the author use imi!ies6 meta0hors6 0athetic$a!!acy 0ersoni7cation etc.
?.(ocabular: individua! words and their connotations. ;.g: <@at2 cou!d mean a smooth sur$ace and the connotationis that it cou!d 'e 'oring6 uninteresting etc.
. Rhme) rhthm and sound e*ects% rhyme scheme. ,!owing or +erky etc.
9. +onclusion% sum u0 efects and detai!s o$ sty!e.
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#. ana!ysis
.come u0 with to0icsentences. e.g: 'othetracts use simi!ar
structure o$ anargument to 0roc!aim
the &car0e diem&attitude towards !ove.
3. come u0 withideas: e.g. women
had no choice 'ut tosu'mit to mens wi!!.
=. etract #:
To0ic
sentence;vidence
Boint
;0!anation
;va!uation
(A5)
>. etract :
To0ic sentence
;vidence
Boint
;va!uation
;0!anation
(A5)
?. ;va!uate 'othtets. add historica!and socia! contet.diferent contetua!
rece0tions o$ eachtet. Ttie in ,eminist6
1arist6Bsychoana!ytica! andother re!evant views
(A58)
. Cring in wider
reading.com0are-contrast,L.
(A53)
uccess$u! essay
writing4 ou can use your ownstructure 'ut make surethese things areinc!uded4
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