Scottish Text Final Question

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Scottish Text – Final Question• Worth 10 marks at Higher• Marks are likely to be picked up in 5 pairs

of 2.• Answers can be extended bullet points or

formal continuous prose• You can pick up a maximum of 4 marks by

dealing with the poem or portion of poem printed on the exam paper.

• The other 6 marks must come by way of reference to the other parts of the play that are not printed in the exam paper.

Example of how to answer…Q. By referring to this extract and elsewhere in

the play, discuss how the theme of frustrated ambition is developed in the text

10• Identification of commonality in this extract

and at least one other part of the play = 2 marks

• Another 2 marks can be picked up from dealing with another aspect of frustrated ambition in the printed extract and commenting on how it develops the theme of frustrated ambition. Quote + comment = 2 marks

• The remaining six marks are most likely to be picked up in three pairs of two marks.

• All examples and references must come from other parts of the play that are not printed.

• Relevant reference to technique/idea/feature of another part of the play that deals with frustrated ambition = 1 markAppropriate explanation of how this example explores or develops the theme of frustrated ambition = 1 mark

• You repeat this process 3 times for all 6 marks