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Quick questions on Comparing texts (AO3) - CCEA GCSE English Literature
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What are unbalanced answers?Show answer
Analysing one text richly and the other thinly loses AO3. Give each roughly equal attention.
What are no comparative connectives?Show answer
Without "similarly" and "whereas", the comparison is invisible. Signal it in every point.
What is q1?Show answer
Where is AO3 tested in CCEA GCSE English Literature? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Why structure the answer around points of comparison? [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
What should a comparative paragraph contain? [2 marks]
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