Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation: SQA National 5 English Question Paper 1 quiz quiz

One non-fiction passage

Two non-fiction passages

One fiction passage

Three short passages

Quoting the writer's exact phrases to prove you found them

Re-expressing the writer's meaning using different vocabulary and phrasing

Summarising the whole passage from start to finish

Analysing the writer's word choice and imagery

The mark allocation for the question

The length of the paragraph being tested

The number of sentences in the passage

The position of the question in the paper

Naming the word the writer uses

A precise quotation plus a comment on its connotations and effect

Copying a long phrase from the passage

Stating that the word is effective

Explaining a word's connotations, the associations beyond its literal meaning

Counting how many syllables the word has

Stating whether it is a noun, verb or adjective

Defining the word's dictionary meaning

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

Naming whether it is a simile or a metaphor

Quoting the whole sentence with no comment

Counting the images in the paragraph

Because the mark is for explaining the comparison and effect, not labelling the device

Because metaphors are never examined

Because you must always quote the whole sentence

Because similes are worth more marks

Naming a feature such as a list

A reference to a structural feature plus a comment on its effect

Counting the sentences in the paragraph

Re-expressing the sentence in your own words

It suggests abundance, variety or being overwhelmed by quantity

It always slows the pace to a halt

It signals a change of speaker

It proves the writer is angry

Name the tone vaguely and quote the whole paragraph

Name the tone precisely and prove how a language feature creates it

State the tone and move on

List every technique in the passage

Because 'negative' is too vague and gives no evidence of how the tone is created

Because tone is never examined in RUAE

Because you may never name a tone

Because it is too long

Explain

Effective

Identify

Summarise

Stating that a feature is effective

Giving an opinion with no evidence

Justifying the judgement with reference and analysis

Counting the sentences in the conclusion

Linking the ending back to ideas, images, word choice or tone established earlier

Counting the words in the final paragraph

Listing every technique in the conclusion

Re-expressing the conclusion in your own words

Point by point, one mark per correctly re-expressed idea

Holistically, on overall impression

By counting the quotations you include

On the length of the answer