Comparing texts GCSE questions
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Viewpoint means
Sarcasm often
A weak comparison structure is
Synthesis here means
Common mistakes
- “Both writers feel strongly” is not a viewpoint. Strongly about what?
- Two mini-essays stapled together is not comparison. The marker should see both titles in most paragraphs.
- Starting every sentence with “Also” and staying in Source A for a page is not a comparison essay.
- Writing all of A, then all of B, is the most common cap on this question.
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