Key paper 2 tips

What do you include in an introduction?

• Topic (hook)

• GAP

• author/audience

• text type + year

• final transition + thesis statement

Body paragraph necessities:

• topic sentence with claims

• textual references

• features

• author/reader relationship

• transition words

Transition words

• additionally

• ultimately

• moreover

• furthermore

• accordingly

• consequently

• therefore

• Conversely

• likewise

• despite

• however

What do you include in a Conclusion

• restate thesis

• synthesize the main ideas the 2 works explored

• final thought

• answer the question

Othello key knowledge

• author

• when?

• where?

• key themes

• how many acts

• genre

• author: William Shakespeare

• when: 1603

• Set in venice and cyprus

• key themes: jealousy, betrayal, love, racism, and manipulation

• 5 acts

• tradegy

Chronicles of a death foretold key knowledge

• author

• when?

• where?

• key themes

• how many acts

• genre

• author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

• when: 1981

• set in a small Colombian town

• key themes: honor, fate, violence, and societal norms

• narrative style: non-linear and magical realism, novel

Othello key techniques to remember

• harmatia (fatal flaw): Othello = jealousy, brings him to his tragic downfall

• dramatic irony

• foreshadowing

• symbolism

• imagery

• linear structure