English Language - Passage for comment
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English Language - Passage for commentOk, I have an English exam in the upcoming week and one of the papers I have to write is Passsages for comment, where I have to basically comment on the style and language of the passages given. Now, I would really appreciate it if someone could give me an example of their work, as in, if they have ever done such a thing in class (I am sure many of you would have), I would be very grateful if someone could post their work - if it was a soft copy - or, if possible, a scan, if it was a hard copy, along with the passage that they analysed. At the least, if this is not possible, could someone please give some hints on how to approach such questions?
I am writing CIE AS Level English Language, if that is any use to you.
Thanks!
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Re: English Language - Passage for commentCome on, does no one even have hints? By the way, if you are not writing the same board as me, it doesn't matter because I am just looking for how to answer questions when we have to comment on the style and language of a text and, therefore, the board does not really matter. So, even if you don't write the same board, if you have any examples of your answers to such a question, I would be highly indebted. Here is an example of a paper, if this might help one of you (or, perhaps, you could look at it and give me some ideas about what how you would comment on the style and language of the essay):
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Re: English Language - Passage for commentThanks! I am really grateful for that.(Original post by Welz143)
this was an assignment I did a few weeks ago and it got me an A.
hope it helps
IF you might have anymore, please send them to me as well. I haven't really got a teacher for this and, so, I have literally no experience of how to tackle the paper.
By the way, can you please give me a link (or just name) which paper you have got this from because I need to have the text you are commenting on as well. Sorry for the trouble.
Once again, thanks a ton!
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Re: English Language - Passage for commentHi, I'm taking this paper from the CIE board tomorrow...basically what you have to do is identify the genre, style, purpose and audience of the peace and mention that in the first paragraph, that should give you a few points at start. Then you want to look at both general as well as individual phrases and how they effect the tone, the mood, the message brought across. Also try not to write TOO much, because you need to answer 2 of these questions as well as the part B's in only 2 hours so you might find yourself tight on time. Here is an example booklet provided by CIE, hope it helps.
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Re: English Language - Passage for commentThanks for all those tips!(Original post by Albert123456)
Hi, I'm taking this paper from the CIE board tomorrow...basically what you have to do is identify the genre, style, purpose and audience of the peace and mention that in the first paragraph, that should give you a few points at start. Then you want to look at both general as well as individual phrases and how they effect the tone, the mood, the message brought across. Also try not to write TOO much, because you need to answer 2 of these questions as well as the part B's in only 2 hours so you might find yourself tight on time. Here is an example booklet provided by CIE, hope it helps.
http://www.xtremepapers.com/papers/C..._July_2006.pdf Really appreciate them.
If you have any of your own works, I would also appreciate them!
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Re: English Language - Passage for commentThanks a ton! :(Original post by Albert123456)
Well, I attached a few, however these are from a few months ago and unfortunately I don't have the original passages they relate to. But hope it helps -
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Re: English Language - Passage for commentA small question: if I wanted to quote a sentence, does Cambridge allow me to use ellipses, such as, for example, if I wanted to quote the sentence "By the time we have finished, we are drenched, as ravenous as bush pigs, and hover like solemn, dishevelled ghosts aimless as to what to do next," can I just write it as "By the time...to do next"?
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Re: English Language - Passage for commentSo, how did it go for you?(Original post by Albert123456)
According to my teacher we should use it because it saves words and time, cambridge hasn't really mentioned using or not using it anywhere but my guess is you won't be penalised...I personally plan to use it -
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Re: English Language - Passage for commentwell i think it went pretty well, though i basically wrote up the whole booklet cuz I didn't wanna miss anything...so it ended up 4 pages of commentary for each piece, and for the B parts I wrote about 3/4 of a page each... What bout u?
