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Component 01: the EMC anthology of non-fiction and spoken texts

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you build a genuine, idea-led comparison between an anthology text and an unseen text, satisfying AO4 rather than writing two separate analyses?

Comparing anthology and unseen texts (H474/01): building an integrated, idea-led comparison with both texts live, choosing points of comparison, and using similarity and difference (especially of mode and context) to satisfy AO4 alongside AO1, AO2 and AO3.
How to build an integrated, idea-led comparison between an anthology text and an unseen text for OCR A-Level English Language and Literature Component 01: choosing points of comparison, keeping both texts live, and using similarity and difference of mode and context to satisfy AO4 alongside AO1, AO2 and AO3.
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How do context (production and reception) and genre shape the anthology texts, and how do you read period, convention and genre into the analysis to earn AO3?

Context and genre in the anthology (H474/01): reading period and the conditions of production and reception, and the conventions of non-fiction genres (speech, journalism, memoir, letter, transcript), into the analysis so that AO3 is genuine and the comparison is contextually grounded.
How context and genre shape the EMC anthology texts in OCR A-Level English Language and Literature Component 01: reading period, the conditions of production and reception, and the conventions of non-fiction genres into the analysis so that AO3 is genuine and the comparison is contextually grounded.
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How do non-fiction texts construct a representation of people, groups, places and events, and how do you analyse that construction across the language levels rather than paraphrasing content?

Representation in non-fiction (H474/01): analysing how a text constructs a version of people, groups, places, events and the self through naming and lexis, transitivity and voice, and presupposition, reading the construction as a value-laden choice (AO1, AO2, AO3).
How non-fiction texts construct representations of people, groups, places, events and the self in OCR A-Level English Language and Literature Component 01: analysing the construction through naming and lexis, transitivity and voice, and presupposition, reading representation as a value-laden choice rather than paraphrasing content (AO1, AO2, AO3).
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What is the EMC Anthology of Non-fiction and Spoken Texts, how is it organised, and how should you study its texts so you can use them in the closed-text comparison?

The EMC anthology (H474/01): a collection of around twenty non-fiction and spoken texts across periods, modes, audiences and purposes, studied in advance for a closed-text comparison, and how to know each text's context and features for the exam (AO1, AO3).
What the EMC Anthology of Non-fiction and Spoken Texts is in OCR A-Level English Language and Literature (H474/01): a collection of around twenty non-fiction and spoken texts across periods, modes, audiences and purposes, studied in advance for a closed-text comparison, and how to study each text's context and features for the exam.
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