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Poetry and Shakespeare

3 dot points across 3 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you analyse poetic methods (form, structure, sound and imagery) using the integrated approach for the Pre-1914 Poetry Anthology?

Analysing poetry: form and metre, structure and stanza, sound patterning, imagery and figurative language, integrated with linguistic analysis to explain how a poem makes meaning.
How to analyse poetic methods for the WJEC Pre-1914 Poetry Anthology. Covers form and metre, structure and stanza, sound patterning, imagery and figurative language, integrated with linguistic analysis so methods explain how a poem shapes meaning (AO2).
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How do you write an integrated comparison of poems from the Pre-1914 anthology that connects methods to a shared concern?

Comparing anthology poems: building an integrated comparison around a shared concern, connecting and contrasting poetic methods and using comparative discourse to sustain a connective argument (AO4).
How to compare poems from the WJEC Pre-1914 Poetry Anthology. Covers building an integrated comparison around a shared concern, connecting and contrasting poetic methods, and using comparative discourse to sustain a connective argument across two poems (AO4).
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How do you answer the extract-based Shakespeare question, analysing dramatic methods in the extract and linking to the whole play?

The Shakespeare extract question: analysing dramatic methods in a given extract (dialogue, dramatic structure, stagecraft, dramatic verse) and linking the extract to the play as a whole.
How to answer the WJEC extract-based Shakespeare question. Covers analysing dramatic methods in the extract (dialogue, dramatic structure, stagecraft, blank verse), linking the extract to the whole play, and integrating dramatic and linguistic analysis (AO2).
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