Word Choice Questions Skill being used: Identify the reason particular words are used by their connotations Marks come in PAIRS Method: Provide a quoted word from the indicated part of the text Explain what effect that word has when used

Imagery Questions Skill being used: recognising what imagery is being used, explaining the effect Method: State the type of image and what is being compared. State how the comparison is effective in increasing your understanding of the point being made

Link Questions Skill being used: being able to identify how a writer links ideas together in a text. Method: (for 2 marks) Provide a quotation from the text State how this links to an idea mentioned either before or after the quotation. (If the question carries 4 marks, provide an additional link in the direction you haven't already written about)

In Your Own Words Questions Skill being used: Being able to interpret information from a text. Method: Summarise the Key Points from the part of the text indicated, WITHOUT QUOTING. One bullet point of information per mark.

Context Questions Skill being used: working out the meaning of an unfamiliar word based on how it is used in the text. Method: State what the word means Explain how its use in the text suggests what it means.

Summarising Questions Skill being used: Being able to identify the Key Points from the WHOLE TEXT in your own words. Method: State a piece of important information given State another important piece of information (repeat for however many marks are available, one bullet point per mark)