Unseen crime

• What is the first step when doing an unseen question?

  use the contextual information- annotate and use it to enable you to understand the extract
• What is the second step when doing an unseen question?

  find the crime elements in the text
• What is the third step when doing an unseen question?

  find the changes/things of note within the text e.g narrative perspective pace or significance of setting
• What is the fourth step when doing an unseen question?

  Write your unseen intro using the memorised structure
• What is the fifth step when doing an unseen question?

  analyse from the outside in focus on the extract as a whole, use embedded quotes and add the impact of crime
• What is the sixth step when doing an unseen question?

  avoid retelling the narative- focus on characterisation narrative viewpoint structure language and crime
• What is the seventh step when doing an unseen question?

  style of writing- avoid first person and broaden use of language, use complex sentences
• What is the eighth step of doing an unseen question?

  link back to the wider crime genre- understand purpose the golden era and have a broad knowledge of crime
• What is the final step of doing an unseen question?

  use tentative confidence
• What phrases should you use with tentative confidence?

  • 'this may suggest'
  • 'therefore'
  • 'however'
  • 'this may also suggest'
• How to structure the unseen crime intro?

  • sentence one: 'this extract depicts+ summary'
  • sentence two: 'contains traditional crime elements which conform to the genre+ 3 elements'
  • sentence three: 'the choice of .... however challenges convention as readers+ how its different to tradition'
  • ...= could be perspective setting etc
• What is a narrative hook?

  story opening that hooks the readers attention
• What does first-person narrator do?

  provides insight to one person's thoughts and feelings presentation ofthe subject is limited to what narrator knows
• What are rhetorical questions used for?

  narrators often ask these to plant a thought or reveal an internal struggle
• What do active verbs do?

  create an impresion of immediacy
• What do passive verbs do?

  create a more reflective impression