Question 4 COMPARING SOURCES

Question 4 This is the last question on the reading section and is worth 16 marks. It assesses AO3 – ‘Compare writers’ ideas and perspectives, as well as how these are conveyed, across two or more texts’ You should spend 20 minutes on it. 5 minutes planning and 15 minutes writing.

Compares ideas and perspectives in a perceptive way • Analyses how writers’ methods are used • Selects a range of judicious supporting detail from both texts • Shows a detailed understanding of the different ideas in both texts Level 4 Perceptive, detailed 13-16 marks

For this question, you need to refer to the whole of source A together with the whole of source B. Compare how the writers have conveyed their different views and experiences of the festival and fair they describe. In your answer, you could: • compare their different views and experiences • compare the methods they use to convey those views and experiences • support your ideas with references to both texts. [16 marks]

Task: Complete the venn diagram with your initial ideas about the similarities and differences between the views and experiences of the two writers.

Planning grid Now develop your ideas using the planning grid.

Example paragraph Both Dickens and Day present the journeys to the festivals in very different ways. Dickens conveys the ‘perpetual bustle and noise’ with all the ‘crammed people’ making their way to Greenwich. This suggests a sense of danger, risk and chaos in the journey. This sense of chaos is continued as Dickens mentions the ‘cabs, hackney-coaches, ‘shay’ carts, coal waggons.’ The use of listing emphasises the seemingly endless sprawl of people attending the festival. In contrast Elizabeth Day uses a more wry and humorous tone in her article and emphasises the ironic contrast between the imagined chaos of Glastonbury and the more civilised reality. She describes the students ‘sipping Pimms and making polite chit-chat.’ …

Example paragraph Both Dickens and Day present the journeys to the festivals in very different ways. Dickens conveys the ‘perpetual bustle and noise’ with all the ‘crammed people’ making their way to Greenwich. This suggests a sense of danger, risk and chaos in the journey. This sense of chaos is continued as Dickens mentions the ‘cabs, hackney-coaches, ‘shay’ carts, coal waggons..’ The use of listing emphasises the seemingly endless sprawl of people attending the festival. In contrast Elizabeth Day uses a more wry and humorous tone in her article and emphasises the ironic contrast between the imagined chaos of Glastonbury and the more civilised reality. She describes the students ‘sipping Pimms and making polite chit-chat.’ …………………..…. Clear identification of area of comparison. Use of supportive references Makes inferences and analyses writers’ methods.

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