Intermediate 2

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Intermediate 2

• The Identification

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Question

• Choose a poem which presents someone elses point
  of view. Explain how the poet helps you to
  understand the other point of view.

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Breaking Down the Question

• Choose a poem which presents someone elses point
  of view. Explain how the poet helps you to
  understand that other point of view.
• Whose point of view is this written in?
• How does the poet help you to understand this?
• I.e. What does he do/use?

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Essay Structure

• Introduction
• Summary
• Point 1 From Stanza 1
• Point 2 From Stanza 2 or 3
• Point 3 From Stanza 4 or 5
• Point 4 From Stanza 6
• Conclusion

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Topic Sentences

• You should have a topic sentence for paragraphs 2
  6.
• You must refer back to the question.
• You must identify what you are going to discuss
  in that paragraph.
• In stanza one the poet helps us to understand
  Stevens fathers confusion when he is told that
  Stevens hair has been burnt black by the
  explosion.

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Quotes

• After every topic sentence you should quote the
  words/phrases/lines to which you are referring.
• Ah theres been a mistake. The hair you see.
  Its black, now Stevens fair

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Explain

• You must identify the technique used.
• You must say why it is effective.
• The poet uses contrast between light and dark to
  show us how badly burned Stevens body has been.
  This is effective as it shows us the extent of
  damage the explosion has done to his body meaning
  that Stevens blond hair has been burnt black by
  the fire.

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Personal Response

• You must explain how this made you feel when you
  read it and why.
• I feel sympathy for Stevens father here because
  he is clearly very upset and doesnt want to
  believe his son is dead.

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Plan Success Criteria

• Your plan has a full introduction and conclusion.
• Your have bullet points for your summary
  paragraph.
• You have a topic sentence for each main body
  paragraph.
• You have at least one quote for each main body
  paragraph.
• You have bullet points for each explanation and
  personal response for each main body paragraph.

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Introduction

• You should refer to the question.
• You should state the name of the poem and its
  poet.
• You should have sentence which sums up what the
  poem is about.
• Finally, you should have a sentence about what
  you are going to discuss in your essay.

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Example

• A poem which is presents another persons point
  of view isThe Identification by Roger McGough.
  The poem is about a father attempting to identify
  the remains of his dead son. I will explain how
  the poet helps me to understand the other point
  of view by identifying and explaining the
  techniques that are used.

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Summary

• Your first paragraph should be a short summary in
  which you quickly write about what happens in the
  story.
• You must mention the fact it is a Dramatic
  monologue.
• You must highlight the key themes of the text.

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Example

• The Identification by Roger McGough is a
  dramatic monologue seen through the eyes of a
  dead boys Father. Throughout the course of the
  text, the father attempts to convince himself
  that the boy who is in front of him is not his
  son which becomes a major theme of denial within
  the poem. As the poem progresses, the father has
  to identify various possessions while going
  through various stages of grief when he is given
  things such as Stevens scout belt and pack of
  cigarettes. The father tries to deny the
  cigarettes had anything to do with his son and
  chooses to justify the possession of them as
  Steven holding onto them for someone else so
  ending the poem with the fathers denial.

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Conclusion

• Your conclusion must make it clear that you are
  finishing your essay using in conclusion, or
  to conclude.
• You must include the title of the text and the
  authors name.
• You have answered the question.
• You have summed up what you have written about.
• You have given your opinion of the text.

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Example

• In conclusion, I can now understand Stevens
  Fathers point of view in The Identification by
  Roger McGough. He is clearly very upset and
  chooses to remain in denial as he has had to
  identify the remains of his dead son meaning that
  his grief may be too much for him to deal with. I
  have explained what the poem was about and
  discussed how the poet has used techniques such
  as dramatic monologue and contrast to help me
  understand anothers point of view. Overall, I
  did not enjoy the poem as the idea of having to
  identify a dead relative makes me feel
  uncomfortable.