Higher English RUAE

All techniques and effects of higher English SQA in the RUAE paper

Word Choice

“Quote” Suggests…

Imagery

Normally “Quote” is/means… Here it suggests…“context of passage”

List

Emphasises the wide range of…

Repetition

Repeated to emphasise…

Colon

Introduce a list

Semi-colon

Link similar or contrasting ideas

Single dash

Creates a dramatic pause

Inverted commas

Create irony or mocking tone

Minor/Short Sentence

Dramatic, Blunt or Dismissive tone

Rhetorical Question

Invites a shared response

Parenthesis

Add extra information

Inversion

Emphasise an idea

Parallel Structure

Emphasise two contrasting ideas

Ellipsis

Shows confusion/Suggests cliff hanger

Effective introduction

• Short sentence

• Command sentence

• Statistics

Effective conclusion

• Summarises main idea of passage

• Refers back

• Broadens argument

Final Question

• 3 Main ideas where they agree

  For every point they agree:

• Passage one says “Quote” this suggests

• Passage two says “Quote” this suggests