The Antidote to Alpaca Farming

LANGUAGE, STRUCTURE & FORM A question that emerges fairly commonly is how language, structure and form can be incorporated into an essay. Obviously form varies depending on which paper you're analysing, for instance poetic form would incorporate rhythm, metre and they poem type (sonata, lyric, etc.) whereas prose form may be linked to genre. It is important to look at these three sections of analysis as interlinking. If you took a house for a visual example: Form - House outline Structure - Individual rooms Language - Furniture Below are some aspects of each of these three sections that you should aim to cover within your essays! FORM : o Fiction / Non-fiction: Novel | Poem | Drama | Biography | Travel Writing | Letter | Diary o Genre: Dystopian | Specualtive | Tragedy | Allegory | Epic | Ballad | Sonnet | Elegy | Free Verse | Comedy o Narrative: Omnicient | Monologue | Dialogue | Objective | Self-Conscious | Stanzas | Scenes | Chapters | Rhyme Sc...

GENERAL Unit 1 - Drama 30% of total qualification WHAT'S ASSESSED? o SECTION A : One Shakespeare Play ( Othello )  - Critical Essays relating to Shakespeare Play ( A Critical Anthology - Tragedy ) o SECTION B : One other Tragedy or Comedy ( A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams ) HOW'S IT ASSESSED? o Written Examination ( 2hrs, 15mins ) o SECTION A : 35 marks ( AO1 | AO2 | AO3 | AO5 ) o SECTION B : 25 marks ( AO1 | AO2 | AO3 ) Unit 2 - Prose 20% of total qualification WHAT'S ASSESSED? o Language, Structure & Form o Theme: Science & Society  - Pre-1900 Text ( Frankenstein - Mary Shelley )  - Other Text ( The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood ) HOW'S IT ASSESSED? o Written Examination ( 1hr ) o 40 marks ( AO1 | AO2 | AO3 | AO4 ) Unit 3 - Poetry 30% of total qualification WHAT'S ASSESSED? o Poetic Form, Meaning & Language o SECTION A : Post-2000 Specified Poetry  - Compare with one Unseen o SECTI...