Some advice for the Comprehending Section…

 

First of all, revise your text conventions. Revise your SWAT codes and language conventions as these will form the basis of your responses.

 

STRUCTURE

Your FIRST sentence needs to be your THESIS statement. You won’t have time to write an introduction so you need to get to answering the question as quickly as possible. In this first sentence, you need to use the key words/terms of the question to frame your response to it.

Your SECOND sentence should begin analysing/engaging with the text. It should contain reference to HOW textual conventions (be they language conventions/visual conventions) work to frame a specific response from the reader/viewer.

The best approach after that is to show how further language/visual conventions work TOGETHER to maintain a consistent reading of the text in response to the question.

It should simply be an extended TEEEL paragraph.

You DO NOT need to write a conclusion or to re-state your ideas because you want your response to be as concise as possible.

 

So… in conclusion

 

Start with your THESIS statement. Use the KEY WORDS/TERMS from the question to help frame your argument.

Then an extended TEEL paragraph in which you try and demonstrate how several language/visual conventions have helped shape your reading of the text.