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Signpost questions2/5/2024 Lastly, be careful of the adverb ‘initially’. If there is nothing about how easy they are to control then it is NOT GIVEN.Īgain, four thousand needs to be the same in the text – it may be written differently but the quantity must be the same, not higher or lower. ![]() bush flies are more difficult / the same to control, the answer is FALSE. If the information relating to this statement is different in the text e.g. (This is usually where IELTS are sneaky and try to trick you into answering incorrectly.) Think adjectives, adverbials, quantifiers and anything else that can change the nouns or actions mentioned in a statement.Ībove you can see, I have now circled ‘easier to control’ in statement 1. These are details in the statements that can be changed to make them different to what appears in the text. In the second statement we have a quantity of a noun and an acronym (should be very easy to find!) Notice I have not highlighted dung beetle in statement 2 as this is the topic of the text and so will probably appear too often to help me. As you can see, the key nouns to search for in statement 1 are the names of two types of fly. The statements below are taken from a text about dung beetles (lovely!) called the ‘Remarkable Beetle’. Also avoid highlighting too many keywords in each question as you will give yourself more words than necessary to search for. Think nouns! Especially concrete nouns such as names of people, places, and organisations, acronyms, and dates, all of which contain capital letters and/or numbers that make them easy to see.Īvoid highlighting nouns if they are part of the title or topic as they are likely to appear frequently in the text which isn’t of much help to you. Ideally, these words should be ones that stand out in the text and can be easily spotted when scanning. Signpost words allow you to scan the text quickly and find the information required to answer the question. To give yourself the best chance of answering correctly you should also highlight key words in the questions. Reading the questions first gives you a clear idea of what information you need to look for and how much of the text you need to read. Time is an important consideration in the test. This can be said for most IELTS questions – read the questions/statements first! Not the text. Strategies Step 1: Read the questions first The main thing to keep in mind is regardless of whether you are answering Type 1 or Type 2 questions, the tips below provide strategies for both. These types of questions are trickier to answer as they focus on checking the accuracy of information relating to the opinion and attitude of the writer.īe sure to mark the answer sheet True or False/ Yes or No/ Not given as required by the question. This type of question is usually easier to answer because it checks the accuracy of factual information such as a measurement, quantity, or a specific concept in the text. Once I’m putting it on paper I put everything from the #1’s first, then from the #2’s, Journeys or Signposts.Before we begin, it’s important to note that there are two types of this kind of question. Journeys and Signposts could be one or more scenes or sequences. Driver, being actions or decisions are just that, an single action or a decision that happens in a scene. In regard to length, if I’m getting it right: ![]() So the Journeys would be moving from one room to another? As if the rooms were connected through halls? And the Story Driver would be the exact moment when you go through the door from one room to another? But I’m a little confused about the order of Journeys/Signposts/Drivers and their length in pages (approximate, not a fixed number of I’m just reading your answer as I type this. If I’m getting this right those Driver Act Turns must also be the same kind of the Driver (action/decision). ![]() What confuses me a little is that the list puts Driver First Act Turn between Signpost 1 and Journey 1, Driver Second Act Turn between Signpost 2 and Journey 2, and so on. The part I don’t get that clearly are the Act Turns. I get they must be the same kind of Story Driver (action/decision). ![]() The order in which the questions are asked puts a Driver at the beginning (Inciting Incident), one at the end (Closing Event). On the software’s Level Three Story Guide: Plot Illustrating > Plot Progressions > OS Plot Progression they also ask for: Then because OS Signpost 2 is Learning the OS Journey 1 is everything done to going from Understanding to Learning, and so on. OS Signpost 1 is understanding, so the Signpost would be everything that is related to understanding, directly shown or implied. If I’m getting this right a Signpost is not a single action or decision but rather a series of actions and decisions by one or more characters. I’m reading the analysis of Star Wars A New Hope on Dramatica’s website.
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