What+sort+of+ANALYSIS+questions+will+I+be+asked?

= What sort of ANALYSIS questions will I be asked? = = WRITE ON ASSESSMENT... =

Assessment Activity:

You will craft and develop a formal response to text of at least 400 words. The formal response to text must be based on an EXTENDED WRITTEN TEXT studied in class.

This Level 2 Achievement Standard requires the formal response to be of a very high standard and follow all the conventions of formal response writing.

Your response should focus on **how a theme or issue in the text is relevant to young people**.

This activity is an extension of your study of an extended written text. o You will develop a formal response which explores this issue both within and beyond the text. o The ideas in the response can be developed in a variety of ways. o The issue could be explored predominantly outside the text using the text as a springboard, or with a greater focus on the issue as seen within the text.

You will need to select a theme or issue which is clearly relevant to young people. o You will need to have a clear idea of the theme or issue you wish to explore (a fully developed ‘that’ statement). o You will need to develop sophisticated ideas about the theme and its relevance to young people. o You will need evidence from the text to support your analysis.

= PREPARATION FOR EXTERNALS... = Analyse Extended Written Texts - Practice Questions

A Analyse how a character or an individual was important in drawing your interest as a reader or audience in a text you have studied.  Approaches: 1 Who is the character? Consider how well you know them, what they contribute to the text in terms of big ideas/themes and/or the other people.

2 Think about what that character represented. In other words, what big ideas did they ‘draw’ you to? You might also think about that character’s development and/or conflict(s).

3 Think about how the author created that character – think about what they said or did in certain revealing situations, their dialogue, the words the author used to describe them.

B Analyse the way in which at least two individual episodes, sections or events contributed to a text you have studied.  Approaches: 1 Choose your 2 – 4 episodes carefully. Think about episodes that are linked which illustrate a theme or big idea, or reveal character growth/development. Each episode would need to reveal more than one idea, or it could be a very boring and repetitive response.

C Analyse two ways in which a text you studied has effectively presented its ideas. (You should consider the use of such aspects as character(s), setting, structure, style, etc.)  Approaches: What is the idea/are the ideas?

How are these presented? For example, one could write about the way the authors uses a character to represent particular ideas, and contrast that with a different character who represents a completely different set of ideals. You need to do just more than talk about the fact that the author does this. You need to write about HOW the author does this, ie his/her language choices.

D Analyse how a particular setting, situation or context was used in a text you have studied.  Approaches: What is the setting or situation? Think about a meaningful setting/situation, ie one that reveals themes, character, etc. So the particular setting/situation was employed to show the issue(s) of …; Write about the techniques used to create the setting, etc.

E Analyse how the ideas/opinions/values of a group, society or social situation were developed in a text you have studied.  Approaches: What are the ideas/opinions/values of a group, society or social situation suitable to write about?

How did the author develop/communicate these ideas? ie through the choice of character(s), symbols, etc.

F Analyse how structure was used effectively in a text you have studied.  Approaches: How was this text structured? Consider manipulation of time, link between beginning and end, etc.

Why was this effective for the text? ie what big ideas and/or characterisation did it help show/reveal?