With the group I share with Janet the work is due in Friday 19 October at 10.15
The Task
Write either three paragraphs on the presentation of Lear or three paragraphs on the function of the Fool in the first Act of King Lear.
Each paragraph must include the following components
FEATURE
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COMMENT
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1 Make a point
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Write one simple and straightforward point relevant to your overall topic
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2 Expand on point
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3 Introduce quote
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State where in the text the quotation comes from. Comment on the plot, dialogue, theme or any aspect of the text that will help a reader understand the point you are trying to make.
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4 Evidence
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Quote no more than a word or phrase. Be very selective. Choose quotations that you can write a lot about.
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5 General point
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Show how the quotation addresses the point made at the opening of the paragraph
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6 Literary points
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Comment on a literary feature or features expressed through the quotation.
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7 Effect on reader
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Comment on the effect the poetic techniques used in the quotation have on you / us as readers of the poem.
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8 Context point
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Make a statement that will link the quotation to a historical, social, or political point
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9 Attitudes and values
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Identify the underpinning attitudes and values communicated by the quotation.
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FEATURE
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EXAMPLE
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1 Make a point
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Hughes seems to make the fox alive in The Thought Fox
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2 Expand on point
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One way he does this is to create movement in the poem.
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Introduce quote
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In the fifth stanza Hughes focuses on the eyes of an imagined fox and describes it as
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3 Evidence
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‘brilliantly, concentratedly’
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4 General point
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This pair of adverbs describes the movement of the eyes of a fox. They show the fox to be full of life, alert and intelligent.
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5 Literary points
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The two adverbs are part of a detailed list describing the eyes of the fox moving.
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6 Effect on reader
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This gives an immediacy and directness to the portrait of the fox. And this seems to make it appear alive. The list also enables a reader to have strong vivid series of impressions of the fox.
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7 Context point
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Hughes wrote this poem at a time when most people would not have encountered foxes as we do today. They would have been rare creatures to the majority of the population who lived in cities.
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I expect you will write between 70 - 120 words per paragraph. You must write your name on your work. Always write with a margin of between 1 and 2 cm
