Work through the list without notes. If you cannot do a statement, follow its link, then come back. Guide = study guide; Practice = practice questions.
Understanding
- I can explain how a description creates expectations about a character’s behaviour. (Guide: “Description sets up expectations”; Practice question 2)
- I can explain how meeting or breaking an expectation affects interpretation. (Guide: “Description sets up expectations”; Practice question 3)
- I can explain why a reader’s understanding depends on the perspective of the narrator or another character. (Guide: “Whose perspective shapes the description?”; Practice question 5)
- I can explain what a comparison reveals about the person making it. (Guide: “Comparisons and what they reveal”)
Skills
- I can identify whose view a description gives. (Guide: Worked example 1, Step 2; Practice question 1)
- I can use a soliloquy, dialogue or stage direction as evidence for a character’s motive. (Guide: Worked example 2; Practice questions 6 and 8)
- I can infer a motive from an action or inaction. (Guide: “Motives from actions and inactions”; Practice question 3)
- I can write a short explanation of how an expectation is created and broken. (Practice question 9)
Reasoning
- I can say what a community’s verdict reveals about the community. (Guide: Worked example 1, Step 4; Practice question 1)
- I can explain how a character’s upbringing or background shapes perspective in dialogue. (Practice question 7)
- I can limit a claim about a character to what has been shown so far. (Guide: “Checking your inference”)
All ticked? Move on to the Topic 3.2 study guide, Characters who change or remain unchanged, or return to the revision notes.