Goodbye and good luck to Higher class 2017

It was an emotional last day (and I do look like a gremlin in the photographs- just as I said I would...)!
Good luck to you all. I am very proud of how far you have come this year and I am sure, with continued revision and determination, that your exam results will reflect this progress. I will miss you, but I also await your success with anticipation!

HIGHER Sentence structure notes

•Please remember that lists show either multitude (that there are lots of things) or variation (that there is a wide variety).
•Lists can be polysyndetic- elements joined by conjunctions: ‘a pen, and a pencil, and a ruler with a…’ usually showing excitement or fear and/or drawing attention to each separate item.

•Or they can be asyndetic- no conjunctions.

•Lists can be climatic- leading up to a climax (ending with the most powerful) to emphasise progress or the last element

•Lists can be anti-climatic (seem to be leading to a climax but then do not)- can show disappointment, exhaustion, dismission.



Sentence structure questions usually come in three forms:


•Identify two aspects of sentence structure and explain…….

•Comment on effectiveness of the writer’s sentence structure in promoting his argument about…………

•Explain how the sentence structure is used to……


Formula:

•Identify/highlight an important aspect of sentence structure

•Quote to show the element

•Explain how it works/comment on the effect it has