What marking pattern do the extract analysis questions use?

Reference plus comment: a quotation plus an explanation of its effect

How is the final 8 mark question split?

Up to 2 marks for the idea in the extract and up to 6 for elsewhere

Because 6 of the 8 marks are reserved for the idea elsewhere in the text

Because they are a dramatic technique that shapes the audience's response

Bold Girls by Rona Munro and Sailmaker by Alan Spence

Commenting on narrative voice, characterisation, setting, structure, word choice and imagery

Retelling the plot instead of analysing technique

Because the 8 mark question links the printed poem to the poet's other poems

Norman MacCaig, Carol Ann Duffy, Edwin Morgan and Jackie Kay

Just as the literal thing is X, so too the subject is X, then the effect

A note of each poem's themes and key quotations, so you can link poems on any named theme

Detailed, relevant reference to the named idea beyond the printed extract or poem

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How many marks is the Scottish set text section (Section 1 of Critical Reading) worth?
What marking pattern do the extract analysis questions use?
For the extract analysis questions, where must your evidence come from?
How is the final 8 mark question split?
Why does an 8 mark answer that discusses only the extract score poorly?
In a drama set text, why should you comment on stage directions?
Which texts are examples of the drama option?
What does analysing a prose text mean?
What is the most common error in a prose extract answer?
In a poetry selection, why must you know every poem, not just the printed one?
Which are examples of the poetry option poets?
How should you root an image when analysing poetry?
What is a theme map and why prepare one for poetry?
Across all three genres, what unlocks the bulk of the 8 mark question's marks?