Classic British Literature

Types of Questions…2hr exam – 15mins reading and annotating• Name 4 things about… (4) 5mins• How does the writer use language? (8)15mins• How has the writer structured the text? (8)

15mins• Your response (20) 25mins• Describe or narrate (40 marks) 45mins

Language Question…

• Tone – Emotion, formality, personal• Language Techniques – Metaphors, similes,

personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration• Semantic field• Narrative view point – Bias• Tense• Senses

Use of Structure• How is the text organised on the page?

• Paragraphing• Sentence choices – length/simple/compound/complex• Order of words – starting words of sentences/paragraphs• Vocabulary choice• Changes and progression throughout the text – is there a journey? Character

Change? Weather change? Etc.• Repetition of ideas/words/phrases• Punctuation• Rhyme/Rhythm• Tone & emotion – changes?• Linear or non-linear• Dramatic moments• Narrator – are you getting the whole picture? Are they withholding

information?/More than one narrator?• Multiple settings/characters

Q4. To what extent do you agree…?• The question gives you a statement and asks you two things 1)

your opinion 2) how it makes you feel

• How much do you agree/disagree with the statement?

• Evaluating how effective a text is

• Highlight when the key theme or point of the question (e.g. Curious/Mysterious/Journey) appears in the text

• How is it presented? Lang techs/Structure etc. (use the information from Q2 & 3)

• Make sure you include appropriate quotations & evidence to support your points

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• Name 4 things you learn about Phileas Fogg (4 marks)

• How does the writer use language to describe the life of Fogg? (8 marks)

• How has the author structured the text to gain the reader’s interest? (8 marks)

• Phileas Fogg is a mysterious character in this extract. To what extent do you agree? (20 marks)

Great Expectations

• Name 4 things you learn about Philip Pirrip (4)• How does Dickens use language to show how

scared Pip is? (8 marks)• How has Dickens structured the opening of Great

Expectations to give the reader information about Pip’s life? (8 marks)

• You learn more about Pip’s life because the novel is told in first person. Do you agree? (20 marks)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXyo68s-f1E

Dracula

• Name 4 things the narrator sees on his journey to visit the Count (4 marks)

• How has the author used language to create atmosphere in the opening of Dracula? (8 marks)

• How does the writer structure the text to engage the reader? (8 marks)

• The opening of Dracula sets the scene for a horror novel. To what extent do you agree? (20 marks)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBxC79uUUL0

Robinson Crusoe

• Name 4 things you learn about Crusoe (4 marks)• How does the writer use language to describe

Crusoe’s Family? (8 marks)• How has Defoe structured the opening of the

novel to give information about the different aspects of Crusoe’s life? (8 marks)

• Crusoe is a curious character. Do you agree? (20 marks)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CuYAaDzXFg

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

• Name 4 things you learn about Mr Hyde? (4 marks)

• How does the author use language to show Mr Hyde’s power? (8 marks)

• How has Stevenson structured the text to build up tension? (8 marks)

• The reader will be engaged in the extract because it’s scary! To what extent do you agree with this statement? (20 marks)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN4Di8DEPf8

Jane Eyre

• Name 4 things you learn about Jane’s school (4 marks)

• How has the author used language to reflect discipline in the school? (8 marks)

• How does the writer structure the text to show Jane’s impressions of the incident? (8 marks)

• School life was much harder in the 1800s. To what extent do you agree? (20 marks)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyqtxMVv5f0

Sherlock Holmes

• Name 4 things you learn about the character of Sherlock (4 marks)

• How does the writer use language to describe Sherlock’s talent at solving mysteries? (8 marks)

• How has Doyle structured the extract to show the build up of a mystery? (8 marks)

• Sherlock Holmes is a great detective. From reading the extract, to what extent do you agree? (20 marks)

Wuthering Heights

• Name 4 things you learn about Heathcliff’s appearance (4 marks)

• How has the author used language to show Nelly’s feelings about Heathcliff? (8 marks)

• How has the author structured the text to show how Heathcliff is an outsider? (8 marks)

• The family are very judgemental of Heathcliff. To what extent do you agree? (20 marks)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5GBxmVvbE0