Typologie des énoncés Bac L

CHARACTERS

'The two characters have a conflicting relationship'. Copy the sentence emphasising this and underline the 2 significant elements.

Analyse the main character's attitude.

Fill the gaps concerning elements / characters.

Find the elements showing John's apprehension. Quote from the text.

Give James's and Margaret's full names.

How are the characters related / connected to each other?

How are they portrayed or alluded to?

Identify the following characters. Fill in all the empty boxes. e.g. Identification= the daughter Name= .....

Indicate their family names/first names.

Match the names and the characteristics.

Pick out words or phrases showing that John is + Adjective.

Say who is: John, Peter,.. Say who says: "___"

What adjectives best apply/would apply to John? Quote the text.

What are the following people's jobs?

What are their occupations?

What cause(s) account(s) for John's problem(s)? Circle one in the list.

What clues suggest that John was involved in ...

What do we learn about the character?

What feature of John's personality does this line reveal?

What is the relationship between ...?

What sort of impression does John give?

What/who do the following words refer to? (usually pronouns...)

Which of the following adjectives best express how John feels about ...? Underline the 3 appropriate ones.

Which of them are physically present?

Who are the characters?

THE SETTING

Drawing from the text, what kind of area do you think the scene takes place in?

The setting of the story is .... Tick the appropriate box.

Where does the action / scene take place? Justify by quoting from the text.

TYPE OF DOCUMENT

Quote 4 words showing that this is an extract/excerpt from a ___ story.

This passage is taken from a biography / a novel / etc.

What genre does this scene belong to: comedy, drama or tragedy?

TEXT ANALYSIS

Choose the title(s) that suit(s) the text best and justify your choice.

Circle the right statement. Find 3 signs that show that ...

Find an image / comparison that might express ...

Find the reasons why ...

Find the sentence which best sums up ...

Find two reasons why John couldn't ...

Give three details tending to prove that ...

How do you account for...?

MCQ. Tick the appropriate box.

Mention / pick out three details / elements in this passage showing/describing/alluding to ...

Quote the key-sentence which reveals/sums up the ..

Quote the phrases which enable the reader to understand that...

Quote the sentence expressing the fact which supports this hypothesis.

Quote the sentence which sums up the event.

Quote the sentences which show that...

Sum up the situation of the main protagonist in one sentence;

This summary contains 5 mistakes. Correct them.

True or false? Right or wrong? Circle the right letter.

Underline / circle the key-word.

What can you conclude as to ___?

What do the underlined words refer to?

What does ___ reveal about John's personality?

What does she seem to imply by that?

What is the symbolic meaning of ___?

Write down the 3 major events in the order in which they actually happened. Put the following statements in chronological order.

GRAMMAR/LINGUISTICS

Analyse and compare the role of the demonstratives in the following instances.

Analyse the function of the underlined words, after identifying them as prepositions or particles.

Analyse the presence of italics in the following sentence.

Ask the questions corresponding to the items underlined/in bold.

Comment on the use of the definite article in the following passage.

Compare the following verb forms: she smiled / she was smiling. What do they reveal?

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate quantifiers.

Find the noun/adjective/verb derived from ___

Point out the value of the modal 'must'. Could we have 'have to' instead?

Put the verbs into the right tense / form.

Rephrase using compounds or derivative adjectives.

Rephrase using modals ( e.g. --> He must have seen ..)

Transform these two examples of sub-standard English into grammatically correct English. What does this king of language reveal about the characters and their social background?

Turn into reported / indirect speech using the appropriate introductory verbs (e.g. He said, he asked, etc.)

Turn into the passive voice. Mention the agent if necessary.

Turn the underlined verb forms into the passive / active form.

What does the structure of this sentence indicate about the style used by the narrator throughout the text?

What does this verb form reveal about John?

What is the role of that episode within the narration?

What tense is used by the narrator to relate the story?

What verbal form does she use at the end of the dialogue (ll. 30-34). What can you infer from that.

Which stylistic device(s) is/are used by the writer in the last paragraph to convey ___?

Write one single complex sentence which will include a relative, using the 2 following sentences.

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE / POINT OF VIEW

How are the other characters related to the narrator?

Show that/how the narrator underlines the contradiction.

This passage is a first-person narrative / a third person narrative

Who is the narrator?

Describe ___ from the narrator's point of view / viewpoint.

Find expressions showing that this negative vision is subjective.

Through whose eyes are the events seen in this excerpt from the novel?

Whose point of view is adopted?

REPHRASING/SYNONYMS

Complete these sentences in accordance with the text.

Find in text one equivalent for ___

Find in the text one word synonymous with each of the following words.

Give the nouns the following adjectives are derived from.

Make the meaning of the underlined words clear.

Oppose British and American words or expressions.

Rephrase the following sentences.

Rephrase the following shortened sentences into full sentences.

Say it in your own words

The following words all have synonyms in the text. Find them in the first half of the text.

Turn the following elliptic sentences into complete sentences.

Using the prompts/starters, rephrase the following sentences.

What did '__ ' consist in?

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