Building your oral

A topic names what you'll discuss; a line of inquiry is your argument about it.

Both works — the literary and the non-literary.

It keeps the oral focused (Criterion C) — otherwise it's a list.

HOW each work explores the global issue.

Yes — rich enough to sustain ten minutes of analysis.

Develops the line of inquiry.

Criterion C — focus and organisation.

One built on a topic, not an argument — it becomes a list.

Specific enough to argue, broad enough to develop for ten minutes.

One developable argument about how both works explore the issue.

The global issue — the bridge you cross on every point.

Weave — move between the works point by point.

It produces two separate talks, not one connected argument.

‘Similarly’, ‘by contrast’, ‘where the novel…, the campaign…’.

Criterion C — focus and organisation.

By points about the issue, each crossing both works.

Doing all the literary work, then all the non-literary work.

The literary and non-literary work treat the issue differently — say why.

Both works.

Issue as bridge; weave the works point by point.

Open, extract 1, extract 2, widen to whole works, conclude.

About one minute — issue + line of inquiry.

About 2.5 minutes of close analysis each.

Stepping out to how each WHOLE work treats the issue.

So the examiner can follow — it shows control (Criterion C).

Running out of time by overspending on the first extract.

Criterion C — focus and organisation.

Says what the two works together reveal about the issue.

Time each section and rehearse the whole to length.

Open → extract 1 → extract 2 → whole works → conclude, signposted and timed.