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Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation
Quick questions on Imagery analysis: explaining the comparison and effect - SQA National 5 English
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A 2 mark imagery question gives the line "her words were knives". What three steps should your answer follow to score? [2 marks]
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Why does writing only "this is a metaphor" score zero in an imagery question? [1 mark]
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Root this image: "the city was a machine that never slept." [2 marks]
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