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Close Reading
 Analysis Questions
Analysis
   Analysis questions ask about technique-
    HOW the writer conveys meaning and
    effect
   Use the similar steps to approach these:
    Quote, identify the technique used, explain
    how / what it does in this text, and the
    effect it has.
   QIRE (quote, identify, role, explain)
Sentence Structure
   Comment on the sentence structure of…
   Asks not what the sentence is about but
    HOW IT IS PUT TOGETHER
Comment on…
   Different types of sentence
   How sentences can be separated or linked
    with different types of punctuation
   How the component parts of a sentence
    can be arranged according to various
    patterns
   How writers use different sentence
    structures
Types of Sentence
   Copy notes from P17 of Language Skills
    book about the types of sentences,
    including examples.

   Complete the “For Practice” section on
    P17-18. Copy each sentence and label it
    with the correct type.
Types of Sentence Contd.
   Look at P18
   Make a note of what COMPLEX and
    SIMPLE sentences are
Revision Quiz
   Name the five types of sentence.
   Why might a writer use a minor sentence?
   What does sentence have that a minor
    sentence does not?
Sentence Patterns
   Make notes from P19 about different
    sentence patterns you may come across.
   Make sure you note down what
    INVERSION, LIST, REPETITION and
    CLIMAX are.
Parts of Speech
   Stick the hand out on “The Naming of
    Parts” into your folder.
   Complete exercises on the next page.
   Take part in the class revision activity on
    “The Oscars” (starters central, Nat4/5)
Punctuation
   Take notes from P21- 22 about the roles of
    inverted commas, colons, semi-colons, single
    and two dashes.
   You can use the following formula to help you
    answer these types of question:
   The writer uses …(technique)………..to show….
    (what it does/ its job in the text). The effect is…
    (why they put the technique in here / explain)
Practise time!
   Try an example question as a class and
    copy it down as a model. Label each part of
    the answer to show the three stages in the
    formula- identify technique, say what its job
    is in the sentence, explain the effect.
   Try numbers 2-10 in pairs.
Checklist for tackling sentence
structure questions
   Can you identify the type of sentence: statement, question,
    exclamation, command, minor sentence?
   Does the writer use rhetorical questions?
   How is punctuation used to divide the sentence up?
   Did you notice anything about the order of the words-
    inversion, climax, anti-climax?
   Does the author vary the length of his / her sentences?
   Is parenthesis used?
   Remember- don’t tell the examiner what it says, tell them
    about how the sentences are put together!

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Close reading an sentence strct

  • 2. Analysis  Analysis questions ask about technique- HOW the writer conveys meaning and effect  Use the similar steps to approach these: Quote, identify the technique used, explain how / what it does in this text, and the effect it has.  QIRE (quote, identify, role, explain)
  • 3. Sentence Structure  Comment on the sentence structure of…  Asks not what the sentence is about but HOW IT IS PUT TOGETHER
  • 4. Comment on…  Different types of sentence  How sentences can be separated or linked with different types of punctuation  How the component parts of a sentence can be arranged according to various patterns  How writers use different sentence structures
  • 5. Types of Sentence  Copy notes from P17 of Language Skills book about the types of sentences, including examples.  Complete the “For Practice” section on P17-18. Copy each sentence and label it with the correct type.
  • 6. Types of Sentence Contd.  Look at P18  Make a note of what COMPLEX and SIMPLE sentences are
  • 7. Revision Quiz  Name the five types of sentence.  Why might a writer use a minor sentence?  What does sentence have that a minor sentence does not?
  • 8. Sentence Patterns  Make notes from P19 about different sentence patterns you may come across.  Make sure you note down what INVERSION, LIST, REPETITION and CLIMAX are.
  • 9. Parts of Speech  Stick the hand out on “The Naming of Parts” into your folder.  Complete exercises on the next page.  Take part in the class revision activity on “The Oscars” (starters central, Nat4/5)
  • 10. Punctuation  Take notes from P21- 22 about the roles of inverted commas, colons, semi-colons, single and two dashes.  You can use the following formula to help you answer these types of question:  The writer uses …(technique)………..to show…. (what it does/ its job in the text). The effect is… (why they put the technique in here / explain)
  • 11. Practise time!  Try an example question as a class and copy it down as a model. Label each part of the answer to show the three stages in the formula- identify technique, say what its job is in the sentence, explain the effect.  Try numbers 2-10 in pairs.
  • 12. Checklist for tackling sentence structure questions  Can you identify the type of sentence: statement, question, exclamation, command, minor sentence?  Does the writer use rhetorical questions?  How is punctuation used to divide the sentence up?  Did you notice anything about the order of the words- inversion, climax, anti-climax?  Does the author vary the length of his / her sentences?  Is parenthesis used?  Remember- don’t tell the examiner what it says, tell them about how the sentences are put together!