Exercise of the Week #12
A little non-verbal reasoning this week.
Last Week’s Answers
This sort of question could easily be a three or four marker, but the post specified that we’re looking for five marks. That’s going to be tricky, as there isn’t much to go on.
Previously, we looked at the PETEE structure for answering extended-response comprehension questions. We could apply this here. Alternatively, we can use a similar structure: PEE.
Point: Make your point. Ensure it is relevant to the question and that you can back it up.
Evidence: Give evidence from the text. You’ll likely need a quote or two.
Explanation: Explain how your evidence supports your point. Don’t just repeat the point.
Looking at the text, we know Alice is ‘very tired’ of sitting there and ‘having nothing to do’. While her sister has brought a book to read, she has not, and instead takes occasional glimpses at what her sister is reading. She dismisses the book, because it ‘had no pictures or conversations in it’, stating that a book without these does not have a use.
We need to thread these ideas together into an argument. We could say:
Alice is uninterested in literature. She paid little attention to her sister's book, occasionally glancing over but dismissing it because it 'had no pictures or conversations'. She believes that a book only has a 'use' if it contains these. This suggests that Alice believes books are only worth reading if there are pictures to look at and plenty of dialogue. Furthermore, this idea of books having a 'use' suggests she views things in a regimented and practical way: an object is only worthwhile if it has a clear 'use'. In this response, we make our point, give evidence, and explain the evidence. We haven’t referenced any ‘techniques’ as there aren’t any that really stand out.
