IGCSE ENGLISH 0500 REVISION TIPS IN ENGLISH YOU
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IGCSE ENGLISH 0500 REVISION TIPS -IN ENGLISH, YOU STUDY CONCEPTS AND MOSTLY PRACTISE. - - - YOU MUST BE ACQUIRING NEW WORDS EVERY WEEK – ARMING YOURSELF. - USE YOUR DICTIONARY TO LOOK UP MEANINGS OF NEW WORDS. - YOU WILL THEN UNDERSTAND PASSAGES EASILY IN PAPER 2 AND WRITE COLOURFULLY IN PAPER 3 - Practise Writing frequently (under examination conditions) and submit work for marking.
Paper 2, Question 1 and Paper 3 Section 1 have similar objectives: - Both involve reading given material. - Select relevant points. Develop them using own words and the right tone. - Know the register of genres: Article, Report, Friendly Letter, Email, Formal Letter, Editorial, leaflet, Diary Entries, Speech, Formal Report and others. - Questions have bullet points; develop at least 5 points per bullet point.
ractise using the formula: Quotation – Meaning – Effects. Learn basic figures of speech. Know key words like connotations, imagery, evocative, onjuring. Learn to use your own words in explaining effects.
SUMMARY TENETS ● Summary: - Practise identifying relevant points. - Group related points. - Use the right tense. - Use your own words. - No quotations nor the adding of own points.
● Do not forget to plan; learn to do it in less than 5 minutes. Study genre requirements: Story needs plot, characters: not more than 3, setting, dialogue and an end. - Description needs a slow tempo, lots of detail and imagery. - For both, use punctuation variety, sentence variety. Work on the splice.
Literature in English -Re-read all texts at least 3 times. - Look up critical material for comments on characters, themes and style. - Learn to use short, embedded quotations when you write essays. - Practise writing at least 2 sides in 45 minutes. - You need at least 20 facts from the text to support an argument. - Never re-tell the story; you must develop an argument and support it with textual detail. - Learn to use discourse markers to balance your argument. - Don’t follow the chronological order of the plot of a text when getting evidence from it; begin with any section as long as you avoid repetition. - Lists of quotable quotations on themes and characters.
FunctionPurpose The use of parallel structures in speech or writing allows speakers and writers to This method adds balance and rhythm to sentences, giving ideas a smoother flow a
