Full Description
Exam Board: SQA
Level: Higher
Subject: English
First Teaching: September 2014
First Exam: June 2015
This is a brand new edition of a bestselling title, updated for the newest CfE Higher English course, and particularly directed at offering support for Paper 1: Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation. It provides you with the support and advice you will need to succeed in this element of Higher English, which is worth 30% of the available marks in your examination.
- Become more secure in your knowledge of the English language and in your reading skills
- Apply those reading skills in learning how to answer questions on close reading
- Practise answering questions and check your work using theaccompanying book of suggested answers
Contents
Introduction: Welcome to Higher English
Part One: Reading skills
I: Understanding the meaning
1.1: Using your own words
1.2: Link questions
1.3: Denotation and connotation
1.4: Shades of meaning
1.5: Understanding the main points
II: Analysing the style
2.1: Language choice
2.2: Sentence structure
2.3: Word choice
2.4: Imagery
2.5: Tone
III: Evaluation and comparison
3.1: Evaluating the conclusion: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
3.2: Comparison
Part Two: Writing in Focus
Section 1: Applying the skills
Section 2: Annotated passages demonstrating the language techniques in Part One and further exercises for practice
1: Football results
2: The Crombie coat
3: Hollywood Scotland
4: Apprenticeships
Part Three: Practice papers
Section 1: The format of the paper
Section 2: Full-length double passages modelled on the style of those in the Higher English examination
1: A healthy diet
2: Dogs
3: Old age
4: Cycling
Appendix I: Grammar and syntax
Appendix II: Tiger mother questions
Appendix III: Glossary of terms
