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The NEA: Making Connections

3 dot points across 3 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you compare texts and genres effectively, building a framework that links a literary and a non-literary text?

The skill of comparison for the NEA and exams: building a comparative framework, comparing across genres, and using points of similarity and difference to drive an integrated argument.
How to compare texts and genres for AQA 7707: building a comparative framework, handling literary and non-literary genres together, and using similarity and difference to drive an integrated, evidenced argument across the NEA and the exams.
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How do you plan and write the Making Connections non-exam assessment that compares a literary and a non-literary text?

The Making Connections NEA investigation: choosing texts and a focus, comparing one literary and one non-literary text or a theme across texts, and meeting the academic and referencing requirements.
How to plan and write the AQA 7707 Making Connections non-exam assessment: selecting a literary and a non-literary text, framing a comparative focus, structuring the analysis and meeting the word count and referencing requirements.
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How do you write a critical commentary that analyses and justifies your own writing using linguistic and literary concepts?

Writing the critical commentary that accompanies re-creative and original writing: analysing your own choices with metalanguage, linking them to a base text or style model, and reflecting on effect.
How to write the critical commentary in AQA 7707: analysing and justifying your own re-creative or original writing with accurate metalanguage, linking choices to a base text or style model, and reflecting on intended effect rather than summarising the process.
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