Starter quiz
- Which of the following are reasons to plan your essay before you begin writing?
- It helps you organise your thoughts. ✓
- It helps you with your punctuation.
- It helps you decide on your vocabulary. ✓
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- Match the essay component with the definition.
- Thesis statement⇔Summarises overall argument ✓
- Topic sentence⇔Explains focus of paragraph ✓
- Supporting detail⇔Evidence from text ✓
- Which of the following is an effective topic sentence?
- Prospero calls Caliban a 'thing' and various other bad words.
- Prospero's language towards Caliban presents his cruel treatment of him. ✓
- Prospero enslaved Caliban who had been living on the island before he arrived.
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- The feelings or emotions we get from a particular word are known as the...
- connotations ✓
- etymology or root word
- mood or tone
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- Explaining the connotations of a word and how they might affect the reader is known as ______ a quotation.
- 'analysing' ✓
- Match the keyword from 'The Tempest' with the connotation it goes with.
- slave⇔someone owned by someone else ✓
- filth⇔something unclean ✓
- thing⇔something without feelings or emotions ✓
Exit quiz
- Which of the following are component parts of an analytical paragraph?
- Summary over the overall argument
- Topic sentence ✓
- Supporting detail ✓
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- Which of the following are features of a thesis statement?
- Textual analysis
- Summary of the overall argument ✓
- Link to the bigger picture ✓
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- Which of the following does Prospero call Caliban in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
- a poisonous slave ✓
- an unclean slave
- a deadly slave
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- Which of the following are analytical verbs?
- implies ✓
- insinuates ✓
- admires
- deserves
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- The word 'hag' means witch. What is the most likely interpretation of Prospero calling Caliban a 'hag-seed' in 'The Tempest'?
- He's associated with the devil as the son of a witch. ✓
- He has magical powers.
- He has no feelings or emotions.
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- Which of the following analytical verbs mean to suggest something without saying it directly?
- implies ✓
- portrays
- depicts
- insinuates ✓
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Worksheet
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- A thesis statement summarises the overall argument of an essay.
- A topic sentence explains the focus of the paragraph.
- Supporting detail from the text should be used as evidence for your argument.
- A range of analytical verbs should be used throughout the essay to explain meaning.
Common misconception
That you don't need to use quotes in your essay.
Quotes act as textual evidence and are needed to write a successful analytical essay.
Keywords
Presents - Presents means to show something or make something known.
Implies - To imply something is to communicate an idea or feeling without saying it directly.
Insinuates - To insinuate is to suggest something without directly saying it.
Depicts - To depict is to represent or show something in a story.
Portrays - To portray is to represent or describe something or someone.
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