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- Subject: English
- AS: 90056
- Level: 1
- Credits: 2
- External
1.5 View/listen to, study and show understanding of visual or oral text(s)
Terminology
Here are explanations for terminology used in the achievement criteria for this achievement standard. They are grouped by level of achievement.
On this page: Achievement | Achievement with Merit | Achievement with Excellence
Achievement
Understanding means you are able to explain and discuss specified
aspect(s) of a text.
Specified aspects will include features such as: significant events, important characters, themes, and production techniques. A particular feature of the text will be identified and stated in the question and your answer must focus this.
Features are also the techniques that a writer has used to add meaning and interest to their work. This could include camera angle, dialogue, music, sound, and any other interesting techniques that have been used.
Supporting evidence means using accurate quotations, statements of events, and description of characters and their characteristics in order to answer the question.
Achievement with Merit
Convincing understanding means you are able to prove how and why specified aspect(s) of a text are important, significant, relevant, or unique in a comprehensive, sophisticated, or persuasive way.
Supporting evidence means using accurate and relevant quotations, statements of events, and discussion of characters and their characteristics in order to answer the question in depth.
Achievement with Excellence
Perceptive understanding means you are able to make unique observations that are meaningful, relevant, and significant about specified aspect(s) of a text. A mature response to the text will allow you to make conclusions about the wider meaning of the themes and character development in a text which may be comprehensive or sophisticated.
Supporting evidence means combining accurate and relevant quotations, statements of events, and analysis of characters and their characteristics in order to answer the question in depth.
