HOW TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH
Sample paragraph 1:
1) Topic sentence: Name the text and show the them, then provide an argument on the theme/ make a point on that theme.
2) Analysis: Techniques, Examples, Effect of techniques in the examples. Write a minimum of 3 techniques and their effects. What is in the text? (Characterisation, techniques, plot, themes.)
3) What I learn from the text, with respect to the notion put forth in my topic sentence: What we learn through the text (Insight, conclusion.)
4) Link to exam question:
Sample Paragraph 1- Example:
1) The opening chapters of Charles Dickens Great Expectations bring attention to the value of strong loving relationships as a source of belonging.
2) This is best exemplified in the relationship between Joe and pip. These two characters enjoy a strong friendship based on love and mutuality as suggested when Pip confesses that he loves Joe “for no better reason […] than because the dear fellow let me love him. The repetition of love and Pips endearing diction highlights the close bond between the two and hence establishes Pips connection and belonging to the forge.
3) This is unsettled however, by Pips antagonistic relationship with Mrs Joe- the self-anointed patriarch of the household for who Pip feels no “tenderness of conscience”. Having been “raised by hand” and being treated as though he had “insisted on being born”, we can see how there is a significant discord in their relationship .The metaphorical implication of being raised “by hand” indicated physical and emotional abuse and the fact that Mrs Joe tells Pip that she would “never do it again!” reinforces the sense of discord earlier discussed.
4) Through an analysis of Pips relationship of Joe and Mrs Joe respectively we learn of the transformative power of love as a source of security and belonging whilst, concurrently, we also understand the detrimental impacts of dysfunctional relationships lacking in love and mutual respect.
As the text progresses into part 2 when Pip ventures
1) Topic sentence: Name the text and show the them, then provide an argument on the theme/ make a point on that theme.
2) Analysis: Techniques, Examples, Effect of techniques in the examples. Write a minimum of 3 techniques and their effects. What is in the text? (Characterisation, techniques, plot, themes.)
3) What I learn from the text, with respect to the notion put forth in my topic sentence: What we learn through the text (Insight, conclusion.)
4) Link to exam question:
Sample Paragraph 1- Example:
1) The opening chapters of Charles Dickens Great Expectations bring attention to the value of strong loving relationships as a source of belonging.
2) This is best exemplified in the relationship between Joe and pip. These two characters enjoy a strong friendship based on love and mutuality as suggested when Pip confesses that he loves Joe “for no better reason […] than because the dear fellow let me love him. The repetition of love and Pips endearing diction highlights the close bond between the two and hence establishes Pips connection and belonging to the forge.
3) This is unsettled however, by Pips antagonistic relationship with Mrs Joe- the self-anointed patriarch of the household for who Pip feels no “tenderness of conscience”. Having been “raised by hand” and being treated as though he had “insisted on being born”, we can see how there is a significant discord in their relationship .The metaphorical implication of being raised “by hand” indicated physical and emotional abuse and the fact that Mrs Joe tells Pip that she would “never do it again!” reinforces the sense of discord earlier discussed.
4) Through an analysis of Pips relationship of Joe and Mrs Joe respectively we learn of the transformative power of love as a source of security and belonging whilst, concurrently, we also understand the detrimental impacts of dysfunctional relationships lacking in love and mutual respect.
As the text progresses into part 2 when Pip ventures