Work through the list without notes. If you cannot do a statement, follow the link, then come back. Guide = study guide; Practice = practice questions.
Understanding
- I can explain what it means for a character to be complex, using the idea of tension rather than unpredictability. (Guide: “What makes a character complex?”; Practice Question 5)
- I can name the three channels of evidence: speech, action and private thought. (Guide: “Three channels of evidence”; Practice Question 4)
- I can explain how an inconsistency between private thoughts and behaviour reveals a tension between private and professed values. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice Questions 1 and 3)
- I can explain how competing or conflicting choices contribute to complexity in the whole text. (Guide: Worked example 2; Practice Questions 2 and 8)
Skills
- I can use the six-step method to map a tension: professed, actual, private, gap, meaning, function. (Guide: “A method: map the tension”; Practice Question 9)
- I can use stage directions or small gestures as evidence of a private feeling. (Guide: Worked example 2; Practice Questions 4 and 8)
- I can write an analytic paragraph that quotes a professed value, a contradicting action and a private detail. (Guide: Worked examples 1 and 2; Practice Question 7)
- I can explain the cost of a choice as evidence of real conflict. (Guide: Jane Eyre example; Practice Question 2)
Reasoning
- I can avoid labelling a character a hypocrite and go on to say what the gap shows. (Guide: “Common misconceptions”; Practice Question 6)
- I can decide whether an inconsistency is a deliberate source of meaning before concluding that it is a mistake. (Guide: Common misconceptions; Practice Question 5)
- I can state the function of a character’s complexity, such as suspense, irony or sympathy. (Guide: both model sentences; Practice Questions 6 and 9)
All ticked? Move on to the Topic 6.3 study guide, Sequence and Contrasts in a Longer Plot.