National 5EnglishSQA2. Critical Reading Section 1: Scottish Texts

2. Critical Reading Section 1: Scottish Texts (SQA National 5 English)

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How to Answer the Scottish Texts Questions

  1. Overview
  2. How to Approach the Scottish Texts Questions
  3. How to Get Full Marks on the Scottish Texts Questions
  4. Scottish Texts Mark Scheme and Model Answer

Norman MacCaig

  1. 'Aunt Julia'
  2. 'Hotel Room, 12th Floor'
  3. 'Basking Shark'
  4. 'On Lachie's croft'
  5. 'Landscape and I'
  6. 'Old Highland Woman'

Tally's Blood

  1. Tally's Blood: Plot Summary
  2. Tally's Blood: Themes
  3. Tally's Blood: Characters
  4. Tally's Blood: Context
  5. Tally's Blood: Writer's Methods and Techniques
  6. Tally's Blood: Key Quotations
  7. Tally's Blood: Key Character Quotations

Carol Ann Duffy

  1. Originally
  2. Mrs Midas
  3. In Mrs Tilscher’s Class
  4. Medusa
  5. Havisham
  6. Before You Were Mine

Sailmaker

  1. Sailmaker: Plot Summary
  2. Sailmaker: Themes
  3. Sailmaker: Characters
  4. Sailmaker: Context
  5. Sailmaker: Writer's Methods and Techniques
  6. Sailmaker: Key Quotations
  7. Sailmaker: Key Character Quotations

Jackie Kay

  1. Maw Broon Visits a Therapist
  2. Whilst Leila Sleeps
  3. Keeping Orchids
  4. Grandpa’s Soup
  5. Gap Year
  6. Darling

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

  1. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Plot Summary
  2. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Themes
  3. Key Theme: Duality
  4. Key Theme: Good and Evil
  5. Key Theme: Secrecy and Reputation
  6. Key Theme: Science and Religion
  7. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Characters
  8. Dr Henry Jekyll Character Analysis
  9. Mr Gabriel John Utterson Character Analysis
  10. Dr Hastie Lanyon Character Analysis
  11. Mr Richard Enfield Character Analysis
  12. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Context
  13. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Writer's Methods and Techniques
  14. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Key Quotations
  15. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Character Quotations

Edwin Morgan

  1. 'In the Snack-bar'
  2. 'Trio'
  3. 'Glasgow Sonnet i'
  4. 'Strawberries'
  5. 'Love'
  6. 'Death in Duke Street'
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