How do I make my answers more analytical?

In school, we are often taught to write paragraphs with a 'PEE' (Point, Evidence, Explain) structure. However, at GCSE level we need to go beyond this and use 'PEEAL' (Point, Evidence, Explain, Analyse, Link). Instead of just making a point, providing some evidence for this point, and explaining it, you will need to analyse the evidence further and then link everything you said back to the question.But, how do we analyse? The way you analyse something depends on what type of text you are using and what feature you are looking at. For example, if you are investigating the use of a particular word in a newspaper article, to analyse it you need to look into exactly what effect this word has on the reader, why you think the writer decided to include it, and relate it to the purpose of the article as a whole.

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