1. Building better SWEATY paragraphs
Step 1: Understand the question
Find your quotation
Single Word Analysis glory
Focus on a key word to analyse connotations (associations)
Spot the technique
Analyse your first impressions of how the quote helps you to answer the question.
Relate your quote to theme/ context.
Step 2: Select textual evidence
Step 3: Analyse the evidence
Consider alternative interpretations
Analyse how your quote might link to another point in the text .
Analyse the effect on the reader. What might the author’s purpose be at this point?