Term
What do you need in your opening sentence of your character question?
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Definition
Three adjectives or phrases that explain what you find out about the character in the extract that you are looking at.
Example
In this extract, you find out that the nurse is mischievous, enjoys a joke and loves Juliet like a daughter |
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Term
How many quotations do you need and how long should they be?
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Definition
Aim for three short zoom ins.
Example
‘Jesu what haste?’
‘You know not how to choose a man.’
‘I am the trudge and toil in your delight.’
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Term
What should each zoom in show?
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Definition
Each zoom in should show one of the characteristics outlined in your opening sentence.
Example
‘Jesu what haste?’ mischievous
‘You know not how to choose a man.’ Enjoys a joke
‘I am the trudge and toil in your delight.’ Loves Juliet
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Term
How do you start talking about your zoom in?
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Definition
You explain what the zoom in means within the context of the quotation.
Example
When the nurse says ‘Jesu what haste?’ , she means ‘Alright, what’s the hurry, calm down.’
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Term
When you have explained what the zoom in means, what do you do?
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Definition
You explain how it shows the quality that you think it does.
Example
The nurse knows full well what the ‘haste’ is. She knows that Juliet can’t wait to find out whether or not Romeo wants to marry her. She is being mischievous by making her wait for the answer by pretending to be too tired to speak.
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