"Othello" Examination revision notes

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purposes and audiences

Effective writers communicate with a voice that is personal and distinct.

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ideas (eg character, theme, setting)

The characters we respond to the most sympathetically are those who experience both suffering

and triumph.

The most significant text is one which challenges us to reassess our thinking.

The setting of a text is a rich resource for understanding significant ideas.

Great literature deals more with emotions than with events.

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language features (eg figurative language, syntax, style, symbolism, diction, vocabulary, sound devices)

The most rewarding reading experience is one in which the language is plain or direct.

The key to understanding a writer’s concerns is in their use of simple and straightforward language

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structures (eg narrative sequence, turning points, beginnings and endings).

It is not until the closing of the text that we truly understand the importance of the opening.

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2015:

http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/nqfdocs/ncea-resource/exemplars/2015/91472-exp-2015-excellence.pdf

http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/nqfdocs/ncea-resource/exemplars/2015/91472-exp-2015-merit.pdf

http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/nqfdocs/ncea-resource/exemplars/2015/91472-exp-2015-achievement.pdf

2014:

http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/nqfdocs/ncea-resource/exemplars/2014/91472-exp-2014-excellence.pdf

http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/nqfdocs/ncea-resource/exemplars/2014/91472-exp-2014-merit.pdf

http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/nqfdocs/ncea-resource/exemplars/2014/91472-exp-2014-achievement.pdf