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What two questions drive comparison?
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What two questions drive comparison?
‘Same or different?’ and ‘…and so what?’
What is connective language?
Joining words that signal comparison: both, whereas, similarly, unlike.
Do similarities or differences earn more?
Usually differences — they show each work's individuality.
A connective for similarity?
‘both’, ‘likewise’, ‘similarly’, ‘in the same way’.
A connective for difference?
‘whereas’, ‘unlike’, ‘by contrast’, ‘however’.
Why is ‘both are about love’ weak?
It's a bare similarity with no ‘so what?’ and no difference.
Which criterion rewards comparison?
Criterion B2 — comparison and contrast.
What makes comparison visible to the examiner?
Connective language weaving the works together.
The comparative habit in one line?
‘Same or different — and so what?’, then connect.
Comparison is first a habit of…
…mind — you already compare films, friends, routes every day.
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