Practice IOC

The voice recording would not post, so I emailed it!

Here is the passage I analyzed.

          Enter MACBETH, Doctor, and Attendants.

    MACBETH
    Bring me no more reports; let them fly all.
    Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,
    I cannot taint with fear. What's the boy Malcolm?
    Was he not born of woman? The spirits that know
    All mortal consequences have pronounced me thus:
    "Fear not, Macbeth; no man that's born of woman
    Shall e'er have power upon thee." Then fly, false thanes,
    And mingle with the English epicures!
    The mind I sway by and the heart I bear
    Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.

          Enter Servant.

    The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon!
    Where got'st thou that goose look?

    Servant
    There is ten thousand—

    MACBETH
    Geese, villain?

    Servant
    Soldiers, sir.

    MACBETH
    Go prick thy face, and over-red thy fear,
    Thou lily-liver'd boy. What soldiers, patch?
    Death of thy soul! those linen cheeks of thine
    Are counsellors to fear. What soldiers, whey-face?

    Servant
    The English force, so please you.

    MACBETH
    Take thy face hence.

          Exit Servant.

    Seyton!—I am sick at heart,
    When I behold—Seyton, I say!—This push
    Will cheer me ever, or disseat me now.
    I have liv'd long enough: my way of life
    Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf;
    And that which should accompany old age,
    As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends,
    I must not look to have; but, in their stead,
    Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath,
    Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
    Seyton! 

Criterion A: Knowledge and understanding of the text or extract

I would give myself a 6 for this criterion. I definitely understood the text and the context, but I think I could have talked about it more and portrayed it better. I also used examples for everything I said, but I could have explained the examples more in depth and explained how they relate to the text as a whole.

Criterion B: Understanding of the use and effects of literary features

I would give myself a 6 for this criterion. I talked a lot about two literary features, characterization and diction and how they work to illustrate the theme. However, I did not explicitly explain how they affect the reader.

Criterion C: Organization

I would give myself a 4 for this criterion. I stated in the beginning exactly how I was going to proceed in the IOC and that is what I did. I did not add anything extra that I did not mention in the beginning.

Criterion D: Language

I would give myself a 3 for this criterion. I talked really slowly in some places or paused in order to figure out what I was trying to say. I also noticed that I used some of the same descriptive words over and over again. I think I used language to adequately get my point across, but it could have been more fluid and less repetitive.