AO1- Y or N Colour

Do I use well-selected quotations from the poem to support my argument and do

I use quotation marks?

Higher-level: Do I embed my quotes seamlessly?

AO2-

Do I put forward a strong argument that answers the question at the start of my
paragraph?

Do I notice the deeper meaning behind the words- not just say what the words
say but what they suggest, imply or represent?

Do I link my ideas to some information I know about the poet to further my

argument?

Challenge: Do I sometimes suggest more than one deeper meaning of a word?

This could suggest….. It could also imply…..because…

AO3-

Do I notice the techniques the poet uses in EVERY quotation?

Challenge: Do I notice more than one technique in some quotations?

Do I analyse how the technique communicates my argument? The effect it has

on the meaning of the line? The effect it has on the reader?

Do I sometimes zoom in and break down specific words to explain what they
usually describe and then suggest why the writer uses them here?

Have I sometimes analysed the tone the words create?

Have I sometimes analysed the sound of the words?

Have I analysed how the poet uses form? And how the choices of form
communicate my argument?

Challenge: Have I sometimed analysed stucture to show how the ideas link
back, develop or contrast to other sections of the poem?

AO4-

Do my ideas in my paragraph all add up to prove my argument?

Do I use connective words to connect the ideas in my paragraph?

Challange: Do I sometimes use evaluative language to indicate my opinion of

the poet’s techniques? The writer’s effective use of…/the poet skillfully……/ It is
interesting that the poet…..