Ipersonallydon’tthinkthatpoetryistoobadinNational5,I’mactuallydoingquitewellwithit,althoughsometimespoetrydoesgetboring. It'salsoagoodideatodosomeofyourownreading(newsarticlesforexample)tohelpwithRUAEasitexposesyoutothesortsoflanguagethat'susedinthepaper.

Auditorylearners-theylearnmorebyhearingsowatchingvideos,listeningtopodcasts,havingaone-on-oneconversations,groupdiscussions. Ihaveanessayplanwithanintroduction,and4-5paragraphseachforathemeorsettingquestionwithquoteswhichIamtryingtoremember. IneverhadatimemanagementproblemwithUAEbutwiththeCriticalEssays/ScottishTextsIoftenfoundmyselfrunningoutoftime.I’mactuallyquitegoodatanalysisquestionsforRUAE,butIthinkunderstandingquestionsareharder,probablybecausemyvocabularyrangeisn’ttoowell,soitcanbehardtorewordsentencessometimes. The information in a past paper may be reproduced in support of SQA qualifications only on a non-commercial basis. Ihave6poemsandIhaveselectedquotesandtheiranalysisfromeachandhavethethemesthatlinkthequotestoeachother.

a final question, worth 8 marks, asking you to compare an aspect of the extract with another aspect in the same text (play/novel) OR with another poem (poems) OR with another short story you have studied. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.Reading for understanding involves identifying the main points, purpose and intended readership of the text. Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. In the first section of the National 5 Critical Reading assessment, you will be asked to comment on examples of language, such as word choice and imagery.