Far from the Madding Crowd Revision PowerPoint

By: Jack, Oliver, Sophie, Megan, Michael, George, Nikhil, Charlie, Lauren, Kathryn,

Victoria, Ciara, Erin

What do you have to do in the exam?

• Analyse an extract

• 45 Minutes

• 30 Marks

• Literature

How will you be marked?• Punctuation (six marks)

•Whole Text Knowledge

•Clarity—points and clear links to the question

•Reference to techniques (structure and language)

•Sustained analysis (PEAL)

•Quotes

How does context relate to the text?

• Industrial evolution—impact• How it was published…natural cliff hangers• Nostalgia with Nature• Realism of Nature• Proto-feminism• Rural setting• Urban versus Nature• Male dominant society• Role reversal

What are some example questions?

• How characters feel/thoughts and what they reveal

• How a character is presented

• How nature is portrayed

• All questions relate to---drama, suspense, tension, excitement

What techniques does he use?• Pastoral Imagery• Pathetic Fallacy• Aural Imagery• Prolepsis (techniques that look into the future, like foreshadowing)• Embedded clauses—give more description• Personification• Adjectives• Adverbs• Implied Protagonist (Nature)• Biblical Imagery• Aristotle• PACE• Extended Metaphor• Sensual/sexual imagery—(Troy)• Omniscient Narrator

How should you revise?

• Read the text• Watch the movie• Past Papers• Look over Spark Notes• Revise Context Handouts• Learn Language and Structural Techniques• PEAL• Memorise pages for specific quotes• Practice Annotating a section of the text• Timed Writing Tasks• Look at Notes and Exam Essays