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Higher Revision Tips
Higher Revision Tips
• You must take information from the passage and turn it into
your own words.
• Simple words from the passage can be used if there is no
alternative.
• Figures of speech or slang must be changed into plain
English.
• You must not lift whole phrases or sentences from the
passage: these will not be awarded any marks.
Word Choice
Analysis
What the examiner is looking for
• 1. Quote the word.
• 2. Say what the connotations of that word are.
• 3. Explain how the connotations of the word help achieve a
particular effect.
Similes
Metaphors
What the examiner is looking for
Serious or Humorous?
What the examiner is looking for