English study guides

An overview of the SQA Advanced Higher English writing portfolio: a piece of writing in any genre worth 30 marks, covering creative writing (prose fiction, poetry, drama), discursive writing (persuasive, argumentative, reflective), and the writing process of drafting and redrafting.

An overview of the literary and critical concepts that underpin SQA Advanced Higher English: the conventions of the four genres, literary theory and critical approaches, reading texts in context, and accurate critical terminology, which support every component of the course.

An overview of the Literary Study section of SQA Advanced Higher English (Question Paper 1): how to write a comparative critical essay on studied texts in one genre, analyse whole texts in depth, sustain a comparative line of argument, and use genre and context.

An overview of the Textual Analysis paper of SQA Advanced Higher English (Question Paper 2): how to analyse one previously unseen literary text across the four genres - prose fiction, prose non-fiction, poetry and drama - in 90 minutes.

An overview of the SQA Advanced Higher English dissertation: an independent critical study of literature of 2,500 to 3,500 words worth 30 marks, covering how to choose a topic and thesis, structure the argument, use evidence and criticism, and meet referencing conventions.