Zusammenfassung der Ressource
GCSE: Reading Comprehension
and Critical Reading
- Literal and inferential comprehension
- understand word, phrase, or
sentence, in context
- explore aspects of plot,
characterisation, events and settings
- distinguish between what is stated
explicitly and what is implied
- explain motivation, sequence of
events, and the relationship
between actions or events
- Critical reading
- identify the theme and
distinguishing between themes
- support a point of view by
referring to evidence in the text
- recognise the possibility of and
evaluate different responses to a text
- use understanding of writers’ social, historical
and cultural contexts to inform evaluation
- make an informed personal
response that derives from analysis
and evaluation of the text
- Evaluation of a writer’s choice of vocabulary,
grammatical and structural features
- analyse and evaluate how language (including
figurative language), structure, form and
presentation contribute to quality and impact
- use linguistic and literary terminology
for such evaluation
- phrase
- metaphor
- meter
- irony and persona
- synechdoche
- pathetic fallacy
- Compare and contrast texts in relation to:
- theme
- characterisation
- context
- style
- literary quality