Revising topic sentences and selecting precise evidence from 'The Dark Lady' | English

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A group of words taken from a text or speech is ...
- a quotation ✓
- a technique
- a connotation
What is the word magical often associated with?
- something supernatural ✓
- something ordinary
- something terrifying
- something mundane
Something that makes you believe that something is true or exists is called ...
- evidence. ✓
- prediction.
- intention.
What is the purpose of a topic sentence?
- to explain the main focus of a paragraph ✓
- to summarise and conclude the paragraph
- to analyse quotations and techniques
What does 'intense' mean?
- something very great or extreme in strength or degree ✓
- something very weak or passive in strength or degree
- something very ordinary or normal in strength or degree
Match the components of the analytical question: 'In 'The Dark Lady', how does Akala present magic?' with their meanings.
- How
  
  ⇔
  
  Analyse the language, form and structure. ✓
- Akala
  
  ⇔
  
  What were their intentions? ✓
- Magic
  
  ⇔
  
  What ideas about this concept are there? ✓

In Akala's 'The Dark Lady', Henry and Joan's magical room is said to give off a ______ light.
- red
- green
- gold ✓
- purple
In Akala's 'The Dark Lady', Henry and Joan's magical room is said to ______ Henry's magic.
- dim
- intensify ✓
- remove
What does selective mean?
- choosing with intention and care ✓
- choosing without much thought or care
- choosing the first thing you see
- choosing what you think others would approve of
Something that you want and plan to do is called your ...
- 'intention' ✓
Which of the following is not a feature of an effective topic sentence?
- Analysis of quotations ✓
- Explanation of main idea
- Concise expression
- Referring to the writer
Match the idea about Henry and Joan's magical room with the most appropriate quotation.
- Safe and reassuring place
  
  ⇔
  
  "comforting" ✓
- Beautiful place
  
  ⇔
  
  "golden" ✓
- Powerful place
  
  ⇔
  
  "intensify" ✓

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Good topic sentence: At the [place in text], [author name] shows us [link back to intention] through the use of [X/Y].
Every analytical paragraph should include at least 2 quotations to support your topic sentence idea.
Be selective when choosing quotations – select the best to support your topic sentence.

That you should choose the quotation with the most techniques as your evidence.

You need to select a quotation that matches the point of your topic sentence rather than simply being the one with the most techniques.

Topic sentence - a sentence that introduces the main focus or idea of a paragraph
Intention - something that you want and plan to do
Selective - intentionally choosing some things and not others
Semantic field - a group of words with a similar meaning
Evidence - something that makes you believe that something is true or exists