Techniques for Effective Poem Analysis and Revision
Enhance your understanding of poetry analysis and revision with helpful tools like flashcards, Venn diagrams, mind maps, and example flashcards. Explore key quotations, themes, techniques, and links between poems to deepen your literary analysis skills.
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How to revise for Textual Analysis Key quotations from each poem-flashcards Mind maps of key info for each poem/theme key quotes themes Techniques Links with other poems Links between poems-Venn diagrams Practice papers
Flashcards Identify 3/4 key quotes from each poem-that demonstrate particular themes, use particularly interesting techniques, etc. To help you memorise these quotes and how to analyse them, create flashcards
Example Flashcard Originally QUOTE I remember my tongue/shedding its skin like a snake TECHNIQUE Simile ANALYSIS Comparison to snake-snake loses skin to reveal new, brighter one- rejuvenation and change, leaving the past behind Enjambment mimics snake shape; signal new beginnings, but reference to betrayal? THEME/LINKS Memory Truth Isolation First person narration
Venn Diagram Links If you are a visual learner , a good way to remember links between poems might be to create Venn diagrams showing the features the poems have in common
IMTC Memory Time First person narration TWMMS Originally Isolation
Mind Mapping Poems Each group will be given a poem to look at in detail They will create a mind map of key information from that poem, that will be useful for revision, including: Key quotes Key themes Links with other poems Key techniques used
Groups IMTC -Lachlan, Cein-Mun, Shireen TWMMS -Jordan and Dean Originally -Mark, Neketa, Rhys Mrs Midas -Roisin, Ryan and Morgan War Photographer -Francis and Daniel Valentine -Gladness and Israel
Mind Map Example Key Quotes (3/4- with brief explanation of techniques) Key Themes Poem Links to other poems
REVISION RESOURCES https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/gc/missinnes/
