More skills.
Less repetition.

Develop an argument about a taught play and analyse evidence relevant to the question.

Analyse specific film or television techniques in relation to the question.

Develop a relevant argument about your taught poem, using detailed analytical evidence.

Build a sustained argument supported by precise evidence from your chosen fiction.

Evaluate the writer's ideas and methods with a sustained line of argument.

Select relevant examples and develop their effects rather than naming techniques.

Connect the ending to the passage as a whole and explain its impact.

Explain the literal comparison and the effect it creates in context.

Show how wording refers back to earlier ideas and introduces what follows.

Paraphrase distinct ideas rather than copying the source wording.

Explain how a specific structural feature contributes to meaning or emphasis.

Select a precise word, explain its connotations and connect them to the question.

Connect the extract with evidence from elsewhere; historical Higher marks differ from the 2027 format.

Analyse the specified extract using the credit rules for your qualification level.