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Selective Exam Notes and Tips

The document provides tips for persuasive writing, reading comprehension, and exams. It outlines the key components of a persuasive essay such as a short title, strong introduction using TEEL structure, and topic adherence. Reading comprehension question types are described like direct questions, identifying purpose and errors. Figurative language techniques, text types, and exam strategies are also summarized, including process of elimination, using answer options to find the information, and identifying tricks.

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Selective Exam Notes and Tips

The document provides tips for persuasive writing, reading comprehension, and exams. It outlines the key components of a persuasive essay such as a short title, strong introduction using TEEL structure, and topic adherence. Reading comprehension question types are described like direct questions, identifying purpose and errors. Figurative language techniques, text types, and exam strategies are also summarized, including process of elimination, using answer options to find the information, and identifying tricks.

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PERSUSIVE TIPS

- Make sure a title is included and it should be short and unique


- The introduction is the most important part so make sure the structure is strong
- Transition words
- TEEL structure should be used so that the examiners know that you have a structure that you
are following.
- Make sure you are on topic especially if they are explicitly used in the prompt
- Try not to use rhetorical questions, not needed
- 6,000 kids are sitting the text this year.
- Feefish (ask Margaret about it), financial, education, environment, individuality and freedom
- -You can shorten the prompt to make it easier to write

TOP TIPS

- Do your homework every week it will help you improve.


- Don’t rely on just maths.
- Follow all Margaret’s feedback or ask her questions about it (check it every week)
- The 4 English tests are reading comprehension, verbal reasoning, creative writing and
persuasive writing.
- -Margaret’s email: [email protected]

READING COMPREHENSION QUESTION TYPES


- Direct questions
- Indirect/ influential questions
- Sentence structure
- Author’s purpose/ main idea questions
- Errors in sentences
- Flipping sentences around
- Best ending for a sentence
- Word meaning
- Proverbs, idioms/ adages (adage is like a proverb but expresses the general truth)
- Mood tone

Tone/mood (questions like, what is the language of this text?)

- Colloquial
- Informal
- Formal
- Slang
- Vulgar
- Jargon
- Argot
- Vernacular

Ethos, pathos and logos


- Ethos: the sources credibility, the speakers/ authors authority. Effect: your level of credibility
is recognized by your reader.
- Pathos: the emotional or motivational appeals; vivid language, emotional language and
numerous sensory details. Effect: Evokes an emotional response
- Logos: the logic used to support a claim; can also be the facts and statistics used to help
support the argument

Figurative language:

- Simile
- Metaphor
- Symbolism
- Alliteration
- Hyperbole
- Assonance
- Personification
- Allusion
- Irony
- https://literarydevices.net/figurative-language/

Types of texts/extracts in reading comprehension

- Visual stimuli: Comic, caricature, meme


- Text: Expository, descriptions, narratives, persuasive, articles, editorials, memoir, poetry

Reading exam tricks and tips

- If you have a story to read that’s split in paragraphs, the last sentence/ first sentence often
contains the main point, and the middles are specific. Picking the right answer is the process
of elimination.
- Eliminating and analysis for the most correct answer
- Take note if there are line numbers for each extract which might even direct you to the line
where the information is found to answer a certain question.
- Use the answers given to help you solve questions- skimming the text as well as the possible
questions as well as the possible options.
- Remember, they are trying to trick you but not in every question.
- You will notice the tricks when there is more than one possible answer to a question.
- Remember with these questions you will need to figure out what the BEST/Most correct
answer is.
- Remember that they will use information in the text unrelated to the question.
- READ THE QUESTION FIRST
- SCAN THE PASSAGE FOR ANSWERS
- ALWAYS MARK OFF THE 3 WRONG ANSWERS
- CHOOSE BETWEEN THE 2 LEFT OVER ANSWERS
- THEY WILL OFTEN PUT IN SOMETHING THAT IS TRUE BUT NOT NECESSARILY IN THE PASSAGE
- IDENTIFY WHEN THEY TRY TO WRITE SIMMILAR ANSWERS BUT THERE IS ALWAYS ONE SMALL
PART THAT IS NOT 100%

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