Selecting evidence from TEXT 1: Anne Frank's diary

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A 5 question quiz to help learners develop the ability to select appropriate short quotations from a non-fiction text to use as supporting evidence when answering a comparative exam question.
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Question 1

Question
Look at the question opposite. The key words have been highlighted for you. What are you being asked to do in response to this exam question? Choose all statements that apply.
Answer
  • Explore the similarities and differences in the methods used by the two writers to present their thoughts, feelings and opinions about injustice.
  • Produce a well-structured comparative essay written as a series of PEED paragraphs
  • Prove each point you make by including direct quotations from both texts
  • Write a balanced comparative essay where you deal equally with text 1 and text 2
  • Show insight into the writers' attitudes and values through your exploration of their presentation of injustice
  • Produce a comparative essay which explores the similarities between the ways in which the two writers present the theme of injustice
  • Write a summary which paraphrases the writers ideas about injustice

Question 2

Question
Read Text , the extracts from Anne Frank's diary, carefully and then choose the type of injustice that you think she is writing about.
Answer
  • Persecution of the Jews by the Nazis
  • Bullying at school
  • Parental injustice
  • Sexism in education

Question 3

Question
Which of the following quotes from Anne Frank's diary create the impression that she is at war with her mother? Choose all that apply
Answer
  • Harsh words and shouts are constantly being flung at my head
  • It's simply barbaric
  • piercing me like arrows from a tightly strung bow
  • the wounds they have inflicted on me.
  • I am seething with rage
  • I have no intention of taking their insults lying down
  • grown-ups quarrel so easily

Question 4

Question
Drag and drop the annotations to show Anne's attitude towards the injustice she feels she is suffering.
Answer
  • It is childish
  • It is cruel
  • It doesn't get easier to bear
  • She just has to put up with it
  • She will fight the injustice
  • She will make it worse
  • She has the moral high-ground
  • She pities the grown-ups
  • The criticisms are unjustified
  • She deserves some of the criticisms

Question 5

Question
What do the following two quotations from the second diary extract suggest about Anne's attitude towards her situation? Quote 1: I wish I could ask God to give me another personality, . . . Quote 2: . . . that's impossible. I'm stuck with the character I was born with.
Answer
  • She wishes there was a quick solution to the problem but recognises it will take effort and, possible a change in herself to resolve the problem.
  • She has lost her faith in God
  • She is so desperate for the persecution and injustice to end that she appeals to God even though she knows it is hopeless because God doesn't exist.
  • She recognises that the fault lies within her and the only person who can do anything about it is her.
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