Question 4: Critical Evaluation
Top Tips:
Spend 25minutes on this question.
Aim to have between 3 and 4 detailed paragraphs (3-4 different
reasons why you agree/ disagree with the statement.)
Top Tip – it is often easier to agree, but it’s not always the case. Always
think logically and do not allow your feelings, about the extract, to get in
the way.
Use PEE:
P = Firstly I agree with the statement because….
E = Evidence to support your opinion
E = Explain
How does the evidence support your opinion?
Language/ structural techniques and the effect on the reader.
Focus on analysing key words and phrases from the quote.
What is your overall impression of the writer’s presentation of the
characters?
Question 4: Critical Evaluation
Top Tips:
Spend 25minutes on this question.
Aim to have between 3 and 4 detailed paragraphs (3-4 different
reasons why you agree/ disagree with the statement.)
Top Tip – it is often easier to agree, but it’s not always the case. Always
think logically and do not allow your feelings, about the extract, to get in
the way.
Use PEE:
P = Firstly I agree with the statement because….
E = Evidence to support your opinion
E = Explain
How does the evidence support your opinion?
Language/ structural techniques and the effect on the reader.
Focus on analysing key words and phrases from the quote.
Top Tips:
Spend 25minutes on this question.
Aim to have between 3 and 4 detailed paragraphs (3-4 different
reasons why you agree/ disagree with the statement.)
Top Tip – it is often easier to agree, but it’s not always the case. Always
think logically and do not allow your feelings, about the extract, to get in
the way.
Use PEE:
P = Firstly I agree with the statement because….
E = Evidence to support your opinion
E = Explain
How does the evidence support your opinion?
Language/ structural techniques and the effect on the reader.
Focus on analysing key words and phrases from the quote.
What is your overall impression of the writer’s presentation of the
characters?
Question 4: Critical Evaluation
Top Tips:
Spend 25minutes on this question.
Aim to have between 3 and 4 detailed paragraphs (3-4 different
reasons why you agree/ disagree with the statement.)
Top Tip – it is often easier to agree, but it’s not always the case. Always
think logically and do not allow your feelings, about the extract, to get in
the way.
Use PEE:
P = Firstly I agree with the statement because….
E = Evidence to support your opinion
E = Explain
How does the evidence support your opinion?
Language/ structural techniques and the effect on the reader.
Focus on analysing key words and phrases from the quote.
