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Foundations: integrated language and literature methods
Quick questions on The integrated linguistic-literary method: fusing language and literature - OCR A-Level English Language and Literature
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What is one analytical move?Show answer
Every analytical task rewards the same move, repeated:
What is an integrated non-fiction point?Show answer
"The campaigner builds authority by grammar: the recurring agentless passive ('mistakes were made', 'decisions were taken') backgrounds who acted, so blame floats free of any named actor, and the speaker occupies the high ground of the one now putting things right. Because the genre is the public apology, the passive does delicate face-work while quietly evading responsibility." One feature, its effect, its context, fused.
What is an integrated poetry point?Show answer
"The poem's grief is held in its punctuation: the dashes that fracture the lines refuse the closure a full stop would give, so each clause is left open. Read against a tradition of elegy that seeks consolation, the broken syntax marks a refusal to be consoled." The grammatical feature and the literary effect are one point.
What is q1?Show answer
What is the core analytical move of the integrated method? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
How can you tell a point is genuinely integrated? [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Compare how language is used to present authority in two texts, exploring connections and contexts. [32 marks]
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