The PQE method

This is an example of how the P (point) Q (quote) E (explain) method works in a question about Tom, Sid, the Goth and the Ghost:

-How does Tom feel at the beginning of the story?

1. POINT (answer to the question): He feels very annoyed.

2. QUOTE (evidence from the text that proves your point): “I was pretty annoyed that no one had told me what was going on beforehand. It wasn´t as if Mum and Dad had been at each other´s throats for months, like my friend Luke´s parents before the split up”

3. EXPLAIN (paraphrase the quote using your own words, show me you have understood it):  He was annoyed because his parents´ separation came as a complete surprise for him so he was not prepared for it. Apparently they had a relation without important problems, for example he never saw them arguing. On the contrary his friend Luke realized his parents were going to split up because they were always arguing, so he was prepared when the finally separated.

-The full answer should be like this (you don´t have to write the three steps separately). Check the linking devices (underlined in the text):

 Tom feels very annoyed as we can see in this quotation: “I was pretty annoyed that no one had told me what was going on beforehand. It wasn´t as if Mum and Dad had been at each other´s throats for months, like my friend Luke´s parents before the split up”. In  other words, he was annoyed because his parents´ separation was a complete surprise for him so he wasn´t prepared for it. Apparently they had a relation without important problems, for example he never saw them arguing. On the contrary his friend Luke realized his parents were going to split up because they were always quarrelling, so when they finally separated the situation was not as shocking as for Tom.