Starter quiz
- When given an analytical essay question about a text or texts, you should ______ the question, making short notes about its key words and your initial ideas.
- 'annotate' ✓
- When analysing a text from the unit World at war: short stories, you will focus on a writer's methods. Match each of these selected methods to their meanings.
- metaphor⇔describing something by comparing it directly to something else ✓
- verbs⇔action words: doing or being words ✓
- motif⇔a repeated image throughout a text ✓
- symbolism⇔using something tangible to represent intangible ideas ✓
- Which word best completes this sentence comparing 2 texts (World at war: short stories): "______ Mansfield and Beck choose a third person narrative voice for their short stories."
- Whilst
- However
- Conversely
- Similar
- Both ✓
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- Which words could best complete this sentence comparing texts: "Mansfield's story takes place over a matter of moments. ______, Beck presents the whole of Alfred's life."
- Ultimately
- However ✓
- Both
- Conversely ✓
- Similarly
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- Which word, all important to Katherine Mansfield's 'The Fly' (Literary perspectives from the First World War) best describes someone who is shallow, empty and thoughtless?
- Complacent
- Vacuous ✓
- Infantile
- Generational
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- Which word, all important to Katherine Mansfield's 'The Fly' (Literary perspectives from the First World War), best describes someone who is self-satisfied?
- Complacent ✓
- Vacuous
- Infantile
- Generational
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Exit quiz
- When given an analytical essay question about a text or texts, knowledge of key terms will help you plan and write your essay. Match each term to its definition.
- topic sentence⇔the first sentence of a paragraph stating its main idea ✓
- analysis⇔considering a text carefully and commenting on it ✓
- methods⇔tools a writer uses to create their work e.g. language and structure ✓
- concluding sentence⇔the final sentence of a paragraph summarising its argument ✓
- Starting with the first, put these sentences in order for a paragraph which starts by comparing two texts (Literary perspectives from the First World War).
- 1⇔Both Wilfred Owen and Katherine Mansfield use their work as a form of criticism.
- 2⇔Owen uses his poems to undermine the belief that to die in war is noble.
- 3⇔Mansfield is more ambiguous, but seems to criticise the older generation.
- Which word best completes this sentence comparing 2 texts: "______ Mansfield's and Beck's short stories were inspired by events in their own lives."
- Whilst
- However
- Both ✓
- Similar
- But
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- Which words best complete this sentence comparing texts: "Mansfield's story is perhaps motivated by the loss of her brother, ______ Beck was inspired by his grandfather."
- Whilst ✓
- However ✓
- Both
- Conversely ✓
- Similarly
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- Which of these words, all important to Katherine Mansfield's 'The Fly' (Literary perspectives from the First World War) best describes someone who is childish?
- complacent
- vacuous
- infantile ✓
- generation
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- When analysing texts from the unit 'Literary perspectives from the First World War', you will use quotations. What is true of the way you could include quotations?
- You should include one quotation per paragraph so you can explore it in detail.
- You should link quotations from different parts of the text together. ✓
- You should select quotations that are rich in methods. ✓
- You should include long quotations, so you have enough to explore.
- You should analyse every quotation you include.
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Key learning points
- The opening of comparative paragraphs could start with a topic sentence which states the paragraph’s main idea.
- The next sentences of a comparative paragraph could focus on the differences between the two texts you wish to compare.
- Including multiple quotations from both texts is key to a comparative paragraph.
- Comparing the methods writers have used can help to develop the comparison.
- The final sentence of a comparative paragraph should link to the topic sentence.
Common misconception
You should select one quotation from each text in a comparative paragraph.
Like in a powerful analytical paragraph, selecting multiple quotations from each text will help strengthen your argument. Selecting these quotations in the planning stage is key.
Keywords
Generation - refers to people of about the same age: grandparents, parents and children are all different generations
Vacuous - empty, having no thought or intelligence
Complacent - smug, self-satisfied, uncritical of yourself
Criticism - expressing disapproval or disappointment with someone or something
Methods - the tools a writer uses to create their work; structure and language choices are the most significant examples
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