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 what “structure” means in a poem beyond naming a rhyme scheme. (Guide: “Structure and contrast”)
- I can explain how enjambment and end-stopping change the pace and feeling of a passage. (Guide: “Structure and contrast”; Practice Question 3)
- I can explain why an interruption of an established pattern creates a point of emphasis. (Guide: Figure 1; Practice Question 3)
- I can distinguish juxtaposition, situational irony, verbal irony and paradox. (Guide: “Three kinds of contrast”; Practice Questions 2, 4, 6)
Skills
- I can find the volta of a poem from its thought and explain what it turns from and to. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice Questions 1 and 8)
- I can explain what a punctuation mark such as a semicolon, dash or colon does in a specific line. (Guide: “Structure and contrast”; Practice Questions 5 and 7)
- I can follow the five-step method (paraphrase, mark turns, name the contrast, explain the effect, link to the whole). (Guide: “A method for structure and contrast”)
- I can quote a short phrase accurately as evidence for a structural claim. (Practice Questions 7 and 8)
Reasoning
- I can explain how a juxtaposition produces irony, using evidence from the poem. (Guide: Worked example 2; Practice Question 4)
- I can turn a structural observation into a claim about the poem’s overall meaning. (Guide: Worked examples 1 and 2; Practice Question 8)
- I can compare a weak and a strong sentence about structure and say why the strong one earns more credit. (Guide: “Weak and strong versions side by side”)
- I can write a paragraph on structure that has a claim, evidence and commentary. (Practice Questions 7 and 8)
When every box is ticked, move on to the 8.2 study guide.