Lexis concerns vocabulary choices, while semantics concerns meaning.
Identify precise words and the patterns they create: a description using trap, cage, and locked may develop a semantic field of confinement.
Consider connotations as well as dictionary meaning, and explain whether the pattern supports a viewpoint or a change in attitude.
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trap, cage, locked → a pattern of confinement
Moderate / Add a little
home and house overlap in reference but can carry different associations.
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Lexis concerns vocabulary choices, while semantics concerns meaning. Identify precise words and the patterns they create: a description using trap, cage, and locked may develop a semantic field of confinement. Consider connotations as well as dictionary meaning, and explain whether the pattern supports a viewpoint or a change in attitude. A single negative word does not prove the whole text is hostile. Test the claim against contrasting language and context. Technical terminology should sharpen an observation; it should not become a list detached from what the text communicates.
A useful reading response moves from a clear claim to a precise piece of evidence and then to an explanation. Return to the exact part of the text before deciding. Short evidence is usually easier to analyse than a long copied passage. Keep the wording of the question in mind so that an accurate observation also becomes a relevant answer.
At 9093 AS Level, relate terminology to actual meaning, form, structure and language. Reading analysis and writing craft should inform each other. Avoid identifying a feature without explaining its role, and avoid a commentary that claims choices absent from the text. This is an original selected-skills sequence for Papers 1–2, not a complete set of examination tasks.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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Syntax concerns the arrangement of words, phrases, and clauses.
Analyse how a structure contributes to meaning rather than assuming that every short sentence creates tension.
A short declarative after a long qualification may make a judgment sound decisive; a subordinate clause can delay or qualify the main point.
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Easy / Start here
Many had objected; some had left. We stayed.
Moderate / Add a little
Although the figures improved, the underlying problem remained.
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Syntax concerns the arrangement of words, phrases, and clauses. Analyse how a structure contributes to meaning rather than assuming that every short sentence creates tension. A short declarative after a long qualification may make a judgment sound decisive; a subordinate clause can delay or qualify the main point. Repetition, parallel clauses, and a change of sentence type may organise emphasis. Name the structure accurately and explain its local role. A sentence's length is evidence to investigate, not an effect already established by counting words.
A useful reading response moves from a clear claim to a precise piece of evidence and then to an explanation. Return to the exact part of the text before deciding. Short evidence is usually easier to analyse than a long copied passage. Keep the wording of the question in mind so that an accurate observation also becomes a relevant answer.
At 9093 AS Level, relate terminology to actual meaning, form, structure and language. Reading analysis and writing craft should inform each other. Avoid identifying a feature without explaining its role, and avoid a commentary that claims choices absent from the text. This is an original selected-skills sequence for Papers 1–2, not a complete set of examination tasks.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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Structure is the way a text develops and organises its material.
Notice where it begins, what it withholds, how the focus shifts, and what the ending changes or confirms.
A travel article may begin with a close-up incident before widening to a general reflection.
See it. Say it. Understand it.
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A personal incident can lead into a wider public argument.
Moderate / Add a little
An ending may return to an opening image with a changed meaning.
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Structure is the way a text develops and organises its material. Notice where it begins, what it withholds, how the focus shifts, and what the ending changes or confirms. A travel article may begin with a close-up incident before widening to a general reflection. Explain why that sequence suits the audience and purpose rather than simply listing first, next, and finally. Paragraph boundaries, headings, recurring motifs, and changes of time or viewpoint can all organise meaning. Connect the structure to the language used at important turning points.
A useful reading response moves from a clear claim to a precise piece of evidence and then to an explanation. Return to the exact part of the text before deciding. Short evidence is usually easier to analyse than a long copied passage. Keep the wording of the question in mind so that an accurate observation also becomes a relevant answer.
At 9093 AS Level, relate terminology to actual meaning, form, structure and language. Reading analysis and writing craft should inform each other. Avoid identifying a feature without explaining its role, and avoid a commentary that claims choices absent from the text. This is an original selected-skills sequence for Papers 1–2, not a complete set of examination tasks.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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