National 4 English

Finding a text's main idea, and answering in your own words rather than lifting from the passage.

How a writer's word choices and comparisons (simile, metaphor, personification) create an effect.

Judging how well a text achieves its purpose, backed up with evidence.

Writing about a real experience, and reflecting on what it meant, not just what happened.

The building blocks of a short story: setting, character, and a clear structure, and poetry or a drama script as alternative literary forms.

Structuring a piece of writing that argues a clear point of view, backed by reasons.

Structuring spoken communication clearly, and using non-verbal communication effectively.

The punctuation and grammar rules that make writing technically accurate.

Organising writing into paragraphs, each with one clear idea, linked together clearly.