Reading for Understanding, Analysis, and Evaluation Flashcards
What does an in your own words question require?
Find a section of the passage to look at then make sure to use your own words as far a possible
e.g the cat seems to be the boss of the place.
What does a word choice question require?
Quote a word from the passage then give connotations (words having similar meanings) also make sure they have the same tone.
e.g I had a terrible headache.
“Terrible”
-bad, awful, causing, pain all words having bad meanings not contradicting saying this was bad but also lovely
What does a imagery question require?
Quote and identify the type of image is it a metaphor simile or personification. Then show how the two similar things are being compared. Include the phrase (“Just as…, so too…”) then explain why the image is effective use the phrase (This is effective because…)
e.g
The majority, like Mark, never made it through the first lap. Others made it to the final straight, before dropping out. but this is football.
*‘first lap’ / ‘final straight’
metaphor
*Just as in races the winning runners overtake the rest, so too only the best players make it to the premier league.
*This is effective because it shows how competitive football is.
What does a Punctuation/ Sentence structure require?
*Identify the sentence type, pattern, or punctuation mark.
*For your answer, write down what punctuation you have identified, along with a quotation.
*Then, explain the effect.
What is required for use of language?
*Quote and identify the technique (e.g word choice, sentence structure, imagery, tone…)
*Comment on the effect
What do you do for a link question?
*quote briefly from the linking sentence or paragraph.
*Show how that quotation makes a link back to earlier in the section.
*Quote briefly again from the linking sentence.
*Show how this second quotation makes a link forward to what is to come in the section
e.g ‘the sort of treatment they received in the time of the pharaoh’
this links back to when the author discusses how cats were sacred in ancient egypt.
‘cats haven’t really moved on’
this links forward to when the author discusses how cats are still treated with reverence today.
How to answer effective introduction / conclusion question?
*Provide a quotation from the intro / conclusion
*explain how the author is introducing / concluding a main idea which is carried through the whole piece of writing.
e.g “those early fast food experiences”
this concludes the idea that McDonald was a completely new thing for Britons when it first came to the uk in the 80s.
