Remember this section also requires a 500-word essay:
introduction, body, and conclusion. Commenting: Some of you did not comment on the strategies during the
exam.
Do not just identify the
strategy, give 2 examples, and move on to another.
Ensure you explain the effectiveness of
the strategies.
Do
they provide the reader with a better understanding of the concept by allowing
the readers to identifysomething they are familiar with?
For the campaign strategies under the section Speaking and Writing,
use 1 point per
paragraph; explain the strategy, why it would be effective, then move on.
It is not quantity but
quality (3-4 points are good enough)
If you have extra
strategies, you can list them in a sentence AFTER you explain the major strategies.
Difference between Organisational Strategies and Language Techniques
All of these can also be
called devices but:
Organizational
strategies: the strategies used to layout
of the essay.
-Does the writer start
with a definition then use several illustrations?
-Is cause and effect the
dominant strategy being used in the extract?
-Does the writer explain
the causes in the first 2 paragraphs then go on to explain the effects in the
remaining paragraphs?
-Does the writer present
the problems and then offers solutions?
-Does he first deal with the counterargument?-Does he use a lot of emotional appeal?
-How does the
writer present/organise his points? What strategies did he use?
Language
Techniques: when the writer uses language in a non-literal way like: simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, repetition, and
personification.
How are they effective?
Well many of the times they provide readers with a better understanding by
allowing them to hear in their mind and see in their mind.
For example, repetition
is used for emphasis. It allows the reader to understand the importance of
something.
Read the 2011 and 2012 postings on this blog. (Look to your
right!)
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