Description
Book SynopsisExam 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
Table of 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
