Evaluation

A reasoned judgement about how successfully a text achieves a particular purpose, supported by evidence.

An evidence-based judgement about a text’s ideas and how the writer’s choices influence the reader.

Evaluation is an evidence-based judgement about a text’s ideas and how the writer’s choices influence the reader. In Paper 1 Question 4, you judge how far a statement offers a convincing interpretation of a specified part of the fiction extract.

A supported judgement about a text or an interpretation of it, explaining how the writer’s choices influence that judgement.

You may agree, disagree or qualify your agreement. A counter-argument is not compulsory; the quality of your supported evaluation matters.

Keep plot summary or description brief enough to leave space for evaluation.

Follow each quotation or paraphrase with a reason why it supports your evaluation.

A reasoned judgement about how successfully a text achieves a particular purpose or effect, supported by evidence.

Evaluation uses that explanation to reach a judgement. ‘The writer repeats “the knife”’ identifies a choice. Explaining that the repetition suggests the speaker cannot escape his frightening thoughts takes the observation further.

A reasoned judgement about how successfully a text achieves a particular meaning or effect, supported by evidence.

A judgement supported by reasons and specific evidence, rather than a description of what happened.

A reasoned judgement about how successfully a text achieves a particular purpose, supported by evidence from the text.

Evaluation means judging how successfully the writing achieves that particular aim. Your judgement needs reasons and evidence: what makes the presentation convincing, and what might leave a reader doubtful?

A reasoned judgement about how successfully a text achieves a purpose or supports an interpretation, backed by textual evidence.

A reasoned judgement about how successfully a text presents an idea or achieves a purpose, supported by evidence.

A reasoned judgement about a text, supported by relevant evidence.

A judgement of how successful or valuable something is, supported by reasons and relevant details.

An evidence-based judgement about a text, including how effectively it presents an idea or creates an impact on its reader.

Evaluation goes further: does the passage make that fear convincing? Does it make you anticipate danger, share the character’s uncertainty or question whether the danger is real? Which details produce that response?

Reaching a reasoned judgement about a text or a statement about it, supported by textual evidence.

A reasoned judgement about a text’s effectiveness, supported by specific textual evidence.

A reasoned judgement about a text, its presentation or its effects, supported by relevant evidence.

Evaluation uses that explanation to decide something. Saying that a writer uses a metaphor identifies a choice; explaining its effect analyses it; deciding how strongly that effect supports the statement answers an evaluation question.

A reasoned judgement about a text and its effects, supported by selected textual evidence.

A reasoned judgement about a text, supported by evidence and consideration of how the writing creates its effects.

A reasoned judgement about a text or a proposed interpretation, supported by evidence.

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AQA GCSE English Language · 8700

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OCR GCSE English Language · J351

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