PEARLING for success

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PEARLING for success

• Monday, 26 October 2020

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Essay How does Pope use language to engage the
emotions of his readers?
PEARLS are made from GRIT it takes time and
does not always work. GRIT is a synonym for hard
work!

• P Make a POINT
• E Support it with EVIDENCE (a quotation)
• A ANALYSE the evidence
• R RESPOND to it personally/ as an audience
• L Link forward to next paragraph or back to the
  question

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Point

• Write a thesis statement that you go on to
  evidence with a quotation. (This statement can be
  lifted directly from your introduction, or
  re-phrased.)
• e.g.
• Pope wants to show that the sirens are not only
  beautiful and enchanting, but also are violent
  and cruel killers.

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Evidence

• Your evidence must support the point you are
  making!
• E.g.
• Pope uses the word rapting to show how the
  sailors are caught by the sirenssinging with no
  chance of escape.

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Analysis

• You have a quotation. Analyse it by doing one or
  more of the following
• Comment on the vocabulary used
• Comment on imagery
• Use of punctuation?
• Is there a literary technique being used?
• E.g.
• Pope has chosen this specific word because of its
  double connotations of rapture and of being the
  prey of a raptor. Both words share the same
  root and since a raptor is predatory by nature,
  the sirens are shown as cruel and violent killers.

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Lets check that

• Pope has chosen this specific word because of its
  double connotations of rapture and of being the
  prey of a raptor. Both words share the same
  root and since a raptor is predatory by nature,
  the sirens are shown as cruel and violent
  killers.

Zooms in to discuss key word
Discussion of the word, shows understanding
Links to point by establishing meaning and
connotation
Q.E.D.
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RESPONSE?

• What is the audiences (or your) emotional
  response?
• Here, it might be
• Recognising the threat
• Feeling the fear
• Sensing the cruelty and even imagining the
  appearance of the sirens

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PEAR__

• Pope wants to show that the sirens are not only
  beautiful and enchanting, but also are violent
  and cruel killers. Pope uses the word rapting
  to show how the sailors are caught by the sirens
  singing with no chance of escape. Pope has chosen
  this specific word because of its double
  connotations of rapture and of being the prey
  of a raptor. Both words share the same root
  and since a raptor is predatory by nature, the
  sirens are shown as cruel and violent killers.
  The effect on the reader is to convey the cruelty
  and beauty of the sirens to build up a sense of
  fear. The reader might also be able to imagine
  the appearance of the sirens as similar to birds
  of prey.
• How would you link this to another paragraph?
  Show me where you are going

Write the link to complete this paragraph.
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Another idea

• Look at this passage and the comment made
• Think about the structure of these lines

Key passage highlighted in red
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PEARL 2

• P Pope uses enjambment to deliver the shocking
  truth about the sirens to the reader.
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• A Mead suggests a peaceful, rural location
  this is supported by the hedge or wall around
  the mead the surprise and shock is caused by the
  sudden appearance of the structure of the hedge
  dead mens bones.
• R The enjambment encourages the reader to relax
  as the lines flow one into another. The flow is
  brought to a sudden and shocking halt by the
  revelation of the bones.

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Dont forget your PEARLs, girls!But, boys
other forms of analysis are available, such as
Peeing or Peeling.