English

• Explain the meaning of a sentence or phrase


  Use definitions and synonyms only, don't look at context, don't reuse the word in the definition
• Unless mentioned, copy from the text
• Skim the text, analysis isn't needed
• Read the question before the text in Summary Writing

  Highlighting the answers
• Include only relevant information in Summary Writing


  Deduce which points should go together to create a flow, ideally get 10 different points, no introduction, no conclusion
• Paraphrase answers in Summary Writing


  Use synonyms, switch the sentence structure, change the order of ideas, maintain the same meaning, be concise
• Don't repeat points in Summary Writing
• Just go back to the text and find the right word for Vocabulary Questions
• Use synonyms for Vocabulary Questions


  Read the word in context
• For 3 marker Language Analysis


  Just write three things about the quote chosen, don't analyze, just the inferences from the quote, use only one quote
• Language Analysis


  • Explain the meaning of each quote, analyze the effect on the reader, analyze word choices and their effect on the reader, structure the response in paragraphs
• Can be a letter, newspaper report, journal, speech, interview or magazine article for Extended Writing
• Voice, Audience, Register, Purpose, Format

  Considerations for Extended Writing
• Structure for Extended Writing


  Intro, Bullet point 1, Bullet point 2, Bullet point 3, Conclusion (applicable to all writing texts except interview)
• Write about each bullet point equally in Extended Writing


  Summarize broad ideas/bullet points into your own words, mention explicit information from the text, include development - inferred information (how, why, feeling), bullet point 3 is usually implicit, write at least 5 different things for each bullet point, for an interview only write the three questions given - don't add on, don't make up anything random
• Transition Words

  • To add, To compare, To prove, To show exception, To repeat, To emphasize, To show sequence, To give example, To summarize
• Perennially


  In a way that continues for a long or apparently infinite time
• Emphatically


  In a forceful manner, with emphasis
• Concurrently


  At the same time; simultaneously