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How long should each extract be?
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How long should each extract be?
About 40 lines — short but rich.
What makes an extract ‘rich’?
Dense with authorial choices about your global issue — analysable for minutes.
Why avoid a plot-heavy extract?
You'd summarise events instead of analysing choices.
How many extracts, from where?
One from the literary work, one from the non-literary body of work.
Should the extract be your favourite scene?
Only if it's also dense with choices about your issue.
What should the extract represent?
How the whole work treats the global issue.
Which criterion does a rich extract serve?
Criterion B — analysis of authorial choices.
Event-heavy vs choice-heavy?
Choose choice-heavy — events get summarised, choices get analysed.
The test for an extract?
Can you analyse it for minutes, not describe it in seconds?
Both extracts must explore…
The same global issue.
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