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The extract question aims to show off your close-reading skills by zooming in on the extract they've given you. You should spend no more than twenty minutes on your response.
The extract question aims to show off your close-reading skills by zooming in on the extract they've given you. You should spend no more than twenty minutes on your response.
In your extract response, you will be required to:
In your extract response, you will be required to:
- Respond to texts critically and imaginatively; select and evaluate relevant textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations;
- Explain how language, structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas, themes and settings.
It is usually based on one of the following topics:
It is usually based on one of the following topics:
How to approach the extract question:
How to approach the extract question:
Read and explode the question using a highlighter.
Read and explode the question using a highlighter.
For example:
Next, read the extract and complete the following:
Next, read the extract and complete the following:
- Identify where in the novel the extract comes from;
- Think why was this extract chosen?;
- Highlight and annotate key parts that answer the question's focus.
Start writing your response:
Start writing your response:
- Always begin by saying where in the novel the extract can be found.
- Embed at least 8 quotations with "...".
- Write at least one side of A4.
Example Questions
Example Questions
Example Answers
Example Answers
This responds to the final example question above.
This responds to the final example question above.
In this extract, childhood sweethearts Nicole and Francis are meeting for the final time in the redemptive novel. Francis has tracked Nicole to inform her about her attacker's suicide. Cormier successfully builds mood and atmosphere here as the reader empathises with both characters throughout.
In this extract, childhood sweethearts Nicole and Francis are meeting for the final time in the redemptive novel. Francis has tracked Nicole to inform her about her attacker's suicide. Cormier successfully builds mood and atmosphere here as the reader empathises with both characters throughout.
To begin, the use of Cormier's setting near the "tennis court" creates a lamenting mood as it reflects upon Francis' childhood love of table tennis. This intentional setting serves as an uncomfortable reminder for both characters as it forces them to ruminate on their painful experiences at the Wreck Centre with the infamous Larry LaSalle. Furthermore, the specific use of the "floor-to-ceiling glass" might imply that the broken lovers are looking back at their history but as outsiders, resembling their position to the tennis court. Cormier's setting, more specifically his symbolic positioning, might make the reader relive their previous feelings of distress and pity as they uncomfortably reflect on Nicole's trauma at the Wreck Centre, thus creating a lamenting mood and painful atmosphere for both characters and readers. Cormier might have included this setting to demonstrate the everlasting consequences of rape, emphasising that the survivors of such an attack never fully recover as they are constantly reminded of their trauma.
To begin, the use of Cormier's setting near the "tennis court" creates a lamenting mood as it reflects upon Francis' childhood love of table tennis. This intentional setting serves as an uncomfortable reminder for both characters as it forces them to ruminate on their painful experiences at the Wreck Centre with the infamous Larry LaSalle. Furthermore, the specific use of the "floor-to-ceiling glass" might imply that the broken lovers are looking back at their history but as outsiders, resembling their position to the tennis court. Cormier's setting, more specifically his symbolic positioning, might make the reader relive their previous feelings of distress and pity as they uncomfortably reflect on Nicole's trauma at the Wreck Centre, thus creating a lamenting mood and painful atmosphere for both characters and readers. Cormier might have included this setting to demonstrate the everlasting consequences of rape, emphasising that the survivors of such an attack never fully recover as they are constantly reminded of their trauma.
This is only part of the response. Can you complete the rest?
This is only part of the response. Can you complete the rest?
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