PEED Paragraph Breakdown
Point:
Makes a connection between the task and the text
Shows you understand the writer’s purpose
Identify how the writer is using language/structure
The writer presents his/her ideas about X
through the language/structural technique of Y…
To present X, the writer uses the technique of
Y…
The writer uses Y to show the reader that X…
The writer creates ideas about X through the use
of Y...
A quotation or detailed reference to the text
This is shown by the quotation “...”
An example of this is when the writer says “...”
Some evidence for this is “...”
For higher marks, this should be embedded into a
sentence.
We can see that Boyne is trying to make the
reader sympathise with the two boys when they
hold hands “as though they would never let go.”
Explain the effect on the reader:
This suggests that… because…
This makes the reader feel… because…
This emphasises… because…
This symbolises… because…
This represents...because…
Evidence:
Show your interpretation of the evidence
Do these ideas link to the context of the rest of the
book, or the book in the world?
Link back to the question
In the context of the book as a whole/the book’s
publication, readers will understand that…
because...
Develop:
Use high level connectives to offer a contrast or
add more detail. E.g.
However, furthermore, although, in addition
1) Offer an alternative interpretation and explain
2) Give another piece of evidence which supports
your first interpretation
You will need to include a second
quotation/textual reference to back up your
ideas here