Scottish Set Text question Technique

Question 1

How do you answer a Scottish set text question on a poem?

Answer 1

Quotation
Name the technique
Explain what this shows
Answer the question.

Question 2

8 mark question

Answer 2

2 mark commonality
2 mark context
4 marks elsewhere

Question 3

Commonality answers

Answer 3

You identify common details from different poems which are connected to the question, you do not need to quote or analyse

Question 4

Context answer technique

Answer 4

Quote, name and explain from the text in front of you and link back to the question.

Question 5

Elsewhere answers

Answer 5

Use other poems and quote, name and explain them and link them back to the question.