Starter quiz
- How does Scrooge respond to Marley's Ghost in Stave 1 of 'A Christmas Carol'?
- he finds the ghost amusing
- he is very upset
- he is defensive ✓
- he is excited to see his old friend
- he is fearful ✓
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- How does Scrooge respond to the characters Ignorance and Want in Stave 3 of 'A Christmas Carol'?
- with disgust ✓
- with horror ✓
- with anger
- with generosity
- with fear ✓
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- What is Scrooge's biggest fear as an adolescent in Stave 2 of 'A Christmas Carol'?
- hunger
- greed
- wealth
- poverty ✓
- heartache
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- Complete the quotation from Stave 4 of 'A Christmas Carol': “Ghost of the Future!” he exclaimed, “I ______ you more than any spectre I have seen."
- 'fear' ✓
- Where does Scrooge's fear of abandonment come from in 'A Christmas Carol'?
- his poor relationship with his father ✓
- his co-working with Bob Cratchit
- his relationship with his sister
- his relationship with Fezziwig
- his relationship with Belle ✓
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- Match the components of an essay to the correct definition.
- introduction⇔includes a thesis statement - introduces holistic argument ✓
- topic sentence⇔introduces idea for the paragraph ✓
- supporting detail⇔includes evidence for your opinion and relevant context ✓
- closing sentence⇔summarises ideas from the paragraph ✓
- conclusion⇔revisits thesis statement - summarises overarching argument ✓
Exit quiz
- What can we call the fundamental information your reader requires to understand your argument?
- secondary evidence
- primary evidence
- foundational knowledge ✓
- personal response
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- ______ evidence is the unavoidable evidence - the quotations that you can’t avoid referencing. These quotations are very well-known, which makes it difficult to say anything new.
- 'Primary' ✓
- Which of the following statements is true of secondary evidence?
- It includes very well-known quotations.
- Fewer people would be likely to use these quotations. ✓
- It would be difficult to say anything new about these kinds of quotations.
- It includes lesser-known quotations. ✓
- More people would be likely to use these quotations.
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- Which of the following could help you to demonstrate a personal response to a text?
- writing everything that your teacher thinks down
- reading critical essays independently ✓
- discussing commonly-used quotations
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- If you consider a text as a whole, you are giving a __________ view of it.
- reductive
- holistic ✓
- primary
- secondary
- explorative
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- Which of the following could be considered primary quotations from 'A Christmas Carol'?
- "as solitary as an oyster" ✓
- "capacious waistcoat"
- "God bless us, every one!" ✓
- "Well, I am the most disinterested among you, after all,”
- “Father is so much kinder than he used to be"
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Key learning points
- When writing an essay, you have to think carefully about the order in which you present your ideas.
- When writing, lay the foundational knowledge, then include primary/secondary evidence, then give a personal response.
- It can be difficult to bring any new interpretations to commonly-used quotations, so try to pick some lesser-used ones.
- Giving a personal response to the text shows your reader your enthusiasm for the text and the subject.
- Using paragraph outlines to plan your response can be useful when considering the structure of your argument.
Common misconception
Students think that it doesn't matter which quotations they select for use.
It can be difficult to bring any new interpretations to commonly-used quotations, so try to pick some lesser-used ones.
Keywords
Holistic - when something is holistic, all the separate parts are connected and work together as a whole.
Explorative - to be explorative about a topic means to approach it in a spirit of investigation and curiosity.
Primary evidence - primary evidence refers to the commonly-used quotations from a text.
Secondary evidence - secondary evidence refers to less well known quotations that can build your argument.
Reductionist - being reductionist means analysing something complicated into its simplest form.
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