Tentative Language To tease out the meaning Introduction to Poetry I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a colour slide or press an ear against its hive I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out, or walk inside the poem’s room and feel the walls for a light switch. I want them to waterski across the surface of a poem waving at the author’s name on the shore. But all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it. They begin beating it with a hose to find out what it really means. iGCSE Unseen Poetry Desk Hints at… Suggests… Possibly… Maybe… Perhaps… May… Might… Could… Title Connotations Consider literal and metaphorical interpretations of the 3 Evaluation of writer’s uses of language/structure plus effects on readers Hitting the Criteria (Band Structure Narrative, layout, stanza, first/last line, inset words, words sticking out, (ir)regular lines, line lengths, punctuation, Language Techniques Imagery, metaphor, simile, personification, repetition, emotive, rhetoric, hyperbole, humour, alliteration, Section A 35 marks 45 minutes Hitting the Criteria (Band 5/6) 1 ‘Explore themes and ideas showing insight.’ A theme is a topic that runs through a piece of writing. For example: relationships, negative emotions, love, nature, identity. 2 ‘Close analysis of detail to support interpretations. Choose a word/phrase/feature and explore in depth ‘write a A* Example Dynamite Paragraphs @cvhsenglish @mcauleyenglis h