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Unseen crime extract - Coggle Diagram
Unseen crime extract
When answering questions?
What stands out about it - why have the exam board chosen it?
Use contextual information
Has a secret emerged?
What changes from the beginning to the end? Has the power shifted?
Has there been a resolution to change something about life or their society?
Have we found out some important information that might resonate with the context the text was written in?
START WITH A SUMMARY STATING WHAT THE TEXT IS ABOUT
What does the extract depict?
Does it conform to the genre or break conventions?
Look at the extract as a whole
Need other interpretations
Explore methods - literary and narrative
Elements of crime
Punishment
Justice
Retribution
Injustice
Accusation
The legal system
Criminal trials and courtroom dramas
Imprisonment
Death
What to look for?
The type of crime text
Settings
Inclusion of violence
Moral purpose or restoration of order
victims
Crime writing commenting on society?
How it creates suspense, effects the audience, excitement
Guilt and remorse
Typical detective hero
Subgenres of crime extracts
Cosy crime
Locked room mystery
Hard boiled
Private detective
Courtroom
Legal dramas
Spy
Caper
Police procedural
Narrative methods
Narrative perspective
Characterisation
Setting
Dialogue
Action