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The Critical Essay
Quick questions on Using evidence and technique in a critical essay - SQA Higher English
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What are embed quotations into your sentences?Show answer
Weave quotations into your own prose so they read fluently, rather than appending them as standalone sentences. Embedding shows control of language and keeps the focus on your argument, with the quotation as support rather than as a substitute for analysis.
What is follow point, evidence, analysis, link?Show answer
The point-evidence-analysis-link pattern guarantees every quotation is analysed and every paragraph stays relevant. The analysis step is where you name the technique and explain its effect; the link step is where you connect that effect to the question. Omitting either turns analysis back into feature-spotting or drifts the paragraph off the question.
What is q1?Show answer
What four-part pattern keeps every quotation analysed and relevant? [1 mark]
What is q2?Show answer
Why should quotations be short and embedded? [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Rewrite this dropped quotation as an analysed point: the character is angry, "he slammed the door", this shows anger. [3 marks]
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