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Critical Reading: Scottish Set Text
Quick questions on Scottish text extract questions: reference plus comment - SQA National 5 English
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What is work only from the printed extract?Show answer
For the analysis questions in Section 1, your evidence must come from the printed extract, not from elsewhere in the text. The questions direct you to specific lines; stay within them. The wider text only becomes relevant in the final 8 mark question. Quoting from memory outside the extract for these questions wastes time and earns nothing.
What is match the comment to the question's focus?Show answer
Read what the question asks you to find. If it asks how the writer reveals a character's fear, every comment must connect to fear; if it asks about a tense atmosphere, tie each reference to tension. Picking a strong quotation but commenting on the wrong thing is a common way to lose marks. Name the target in your comment so the link is explicit.
What is q1?Show answer
A 2 mark extract question asks how the writer presents a character as lonely. What must your answer contain? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Why must your evidence for the extract questions come only from the printed extract? [1 mark]
What is q3?Show answer
A 4 mark question asks how a tense atmosphere is created. How many developed comments should you give? [1 mark]
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