Developing your explanation of quotations from 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'
I can develop my analysis of quotations from Baum’s ‘The Wizard of Oz’ by zooming in on specific words and exploring their connotations.
Developing your explanation of quotations from 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'
I can develop my analysis of quotations from Baum’s ‘The Wizard of Oz’ by zooming in on specific words and exploring their connotations.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Language analysis means exploring how writers convey meaning through their language choices.
- Connotations mean the ideas or feelings that a word gives us.
- Connotations will vary depending on our individual experiences or memories.
- Explanations need to clearly show the reader how you have reached your conclusions.
Common misconception
That we will all have the same response to certain words.
Our response to words depends on our own individual experiences and memories and therefore we are likely to all get different connotations from words.
Keywords
Connotation - a feeling or idea that is suggested by a word in addition to its basic meaning
Analysis - examine something closely so that you can understand it
Evokes - bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or image) to the conscious mind
Explain - to make something clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about it
Equipment
You will need an extract from 'The Wizard of Oz' which is available in the additional materials.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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