Welcome Back 4M Language and Literature Students!
In our first lesson 2014, we will be going through the basics on Paper1, which you will have to take in May as one of the official components of the IB examination.
To carry out LL Paper 1, you will have to master the following objectives:
1. Identify the intended audience and purpose of the selected text
2. Understand the differences between the content and the theme of the selected text
3. Describe the tone and mood of a text using appropriate vocabulary
4. Identify several stylistic elements of the selected text.
5. Recognise and analyse the structural elements of the selected text.
Key Concept: “Close Reading” refers to the practice of analysing and interpreting texts.
The Big 5
Use the Big 5 MOdel to help you analyse texts. You will find it useful when preparing for Paper 1, the written tasks or the individual oral commentary. Think of each aspect of the Big 5 as a lens through which you can look at texts, each revelaing new levels of understanding (Remember to use PEE structure for each of these elements)
1. Audience and purpose: Who wrote the text?, Who was it written for?, Why did the writer write it? What evidence is there i the text to show this?
2. Content and Theme: What is the text about?
3. Tone and Mood: What is the writer’s tone?, How does the text make the reader feel? What evidence is there in the text to show this?
4. Stylistic Devices: What stylistic/rhetorical devices does the writer use? What effect is he trying to convey by using them?
5. Structure: What kind of text is it? (Genre, text-type), What structural conventions are used and to what effect?
Year 11 - Language and Literature 