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Quick questions on Evaluation questions: judging effectiveness with evidence - SQA National 5 English
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What is recognise the effectiveness signal?Show answer
The word "effective" or "effectiveness" is the giveaway that you are in an evaluation question. The question names a purpose, such as engaging the reader, introducing an argument, or concluding the passage, and asks how well the writer achieves it. Identify the purpose precisely so your justification stays on target.
What is link the ending back to the whole passage?Show answer
Conclusion-evaluation questions are the most common type, and the strongest answers show how the conclusion draws together the passage. Look for an ending that returns to the opening, resolves a question raised earlier, echoes a key image, or restates the central idea with new force. Naming that link and explaining its effect is exactly what markers reward.
What is q1?Show answer
A question asks you to evaluate the effectiveness of a passage's conclusion. What two parts must your answer contain? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
What is a reliable way to justify that a conclusion is effective? [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Why does "this is a good ending" score zero? [1 mark]
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