Starter quiz
- What is the poem 'Name Journeys' about?
- The speaker has a conversation about their experience of migration.
- The speaker explores their experience of migration to Manchester. ✓
- The speaker explores their experience of injustice they faced as a child.
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- Textual detail in a written response is ...
- the evidence you use to support your answer ✓
- the detail you put into an answer
- how detailed the writer has been in their text
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- Which example is comparative?
- Whereas Seneviratne explores human connection.
- Eliot explored the impact of the Industrial Revolution.
- Both Eliot and Seneviratne explore the impact of the Industrial Revolution. ✓
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- Starting with the first, order the elements of a single paragraph outline in to chronological order.
- 1⇔topic sentence
- 2⇔supporting details
- 3⇔concluding sentence
- A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning is known as an ______.
- 'inference' ✓
- Which of these are examples of comparative discourse markers?
- likewise ✓
- furthermore
- thus
- contrastingly ✓
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Exit quiz
- Match the key terms to their definitions.
- discourse marker⇔a word or phrase whose job is to organise writing ✓
- comparative⇔showing similarities or differences ✓
- inference⇔a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning ✓
- topic sentence⇔explains the focus or main idea of an analytical paragraph ✓
- When writing a comparative response you should …
- weave ideas about both poems into paragraphs ✓
- always include one poem only in each paragraph
- begin comparing a key quote
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- When comparing two texts ...
- evidence can move back and forth between the two poems ✓
- ideas should be linked with connectives ✓
- there should only be 1 quotation per paragraph
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- Which of these options is a correct pair of correlative conjunctions?
- neither/nor ✓
- neither/and
- both/nor
- both/and ✓
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- __________ must be comparative when comparing texts.
- Context
- Topic sentences ✓
- Discourse markers
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- When comparing poems your comparisons should focus on ...
- methods
- quotations
- big ideas ✓
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Key learning points
- Topic sentences must be comparative when comparing texts.
- Comparisons should be made between ideas, intentions, themes, and messages.
- Correlative and comparative conjunctions are a good way to signpost your comparative writing.
- Within paragraphs, evidence can move back and forth between the two poems and be linked with connectives.
- Drawing a direct comparison of quotations should take place at least once across the essay.
Common misconception
That you should write about each poem separately.
While writing about one poem at a time is one way to approach a comparison, it's usually more effective to weave your comparisons of the poems through the whole answer.
Keywords
Discourse marker - a word or phrase used to link ideas and signpost the direction of the writing
Comparative - measured or judged by estimating the similarity or dissimilarity between one thing and another
Inference - a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
Topic sentence - explains the focus or main idea of an analytical paragraph
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