Transcript Area of Study Paper 1 – Section II: Imaginative Writing

Area of Study
Imaginative Writing
Assessment Rubric…
Section II
15 marks
Attempt Question 2
Allow about 40 minutes for this section
Answer the question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are
available.
In your answer you will be assessed on how well you:
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 express understanding of Power and Authority in the context
of your studies
 organise, develop and express ideas using language
appropriate to audience, purpose and context
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• express understanding of Power and
Authority in the context of your studies
0 Show clear understanding of :
1. ideas,
2. attitudes,
3. beliefs
about Power and Authority, by “representing”
1. Social ideas, attitudes and beliefs
2. Cultural ideas attitudes and beliefs
3. Historical / location ideas attitudes and beliefs
of individuals – groups – communities – places and events
“representing” images of power vs powerlessness
/ authority vs lack of authority
Images of social ideas, attitudes and beliefs
Images of Cultural ideas attitudes and beliefs
Images of Historical / location ideas attitudes and beliefs
of individuals – groups – communities – places and events
0 DON’T describe ideas about Power and Authority
0 DON’T write a recount about power and authority
0 DON’T use essay-style analytical language / words
0 DO “show” the ideas about power and authority (dialogue /
language style / metaphors / similes / personification… )
0 DO “show” the character’s and their respective attitudes to
power / powerlessness
0 DO USE LANGUAGE – STRUCTURES – FORMS which will work for
the audience set by the exam
Images of power and authority…
• Power of media / advertising: images
of the power that media has in
changing cultural traditions (family
dinners with table manners)
• Power of “big business” to put profit
above humanity: images of the
power of money being more
important than “humanity”.  it
costs more money to use “free
range” and humane slaughtering
processes.
• Power of organisations to change
social perceptions of consumers
(customers of KFC): images of the
power of animal protection groups…
using their power to ensure that
inhumane greed is NOT an
acceptable social value
Social image  Money is power?
Short story?
0 Have a clear theme. What is the story about? That doesn't mean what is the
plot line? It means… what is the underlying message or statement behind the words.
Get this right and your story will have more importance in the minds of your readers.
0 A good short story covers a very short time span. It may be one
single event that becomes a “life-changing” moment in the life of the character
0 Don't have too many characters. Have only enough characters to show
the theme. Two contrasting characters will do the trick.
0 Make every word count. There is no room for wordy explanations in a short
story. If each word is not working towards putting across the theme, delete it.
0 Focus… on developing your theme – your main character – and resolving a conflict /
issue / problem
Show vivid imagery in short stories…
0 Use specific, concrete details / names:
An example from Upon a Mystic Tide:
“Sitting in her old, red rocker, Miss Hattie turned on the large, antique
radio behind her. Big band era music drifted through the kitchen, and she
softly hummed along with it. Her head bowed, she studied the embroidery
in her lap. She was sewing the Seascape Inn logo onto a new batch of
crisp, white napkins.”
In this example, the specific and concrete details are: the red rocker, the
large, antique radio, embroidering napkins, the big band music and
humming.
0 More specific and concrete details…
0 Don't write tree. Write oak.
0 Don't write emotion. Write fear or sorrow, guilt or shame.
0 Don't write dog. Write Doberman, or Yorkie.
0 Don't write chair. Write rocker.
0 Write cinematically. Write vivid images that create pictures in the
reader's mind just like the scenes you see in a film