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Approaching The Unseen Poem
Approaching The Unseen Poem
Poem
Step 1: Identify the key word in the question
Step 2: Read the poem. At the end of each stanza summarise
what you have learnt in relation to the question (in this case
what you have learnt about the geography teacher
Step 2: Read the poem. At the end of each stanza summarise
what you have learnt in relation to the question (in this case
what you have learnt about the geography teacher
What have you learnt about the geography teacher from the poem?
• P1
• P2
• P3
Step 3: Introduction
Introduction
In the poem…
Name the poem and the poet
Summarise in a list of three adjectives what you learn about the geography
teacher.
Language Structure
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, Short sentences, multi-
adverbs clause sentences
Step 4: Main body
Simile, metaphor, Type of poem: narrative,
personification, pathetic ballad, lyric and then
WHAT? What have we learnt about the fallacy stanza style: quatrain,
geography teacher? Declarative, exclamatory,
tetrain
HOW? How have we learnt this? imperative, interrogative Rhyme – free verse,
internal rhyme, rhyming
1. Evidence – quotation (x3 couplets,
ideal short quotations) Repetition
2. Techniques used – both
language and structure: Contrast - juxtaposition