Topic 4.3: Writing the essay Questions

Warm up first — comparing literary techniques

Quick check to start — comparing big authorial choices

A quick starter — comparing themes

Quick warm-up — structuring a comparative paragraph

Ease in — framing a comparative essay

Take it step by step — comparing how each writer uses a technique

Answer on framing the essay. (Exam-style practice.)

Piece it together, step by step — writing a comparative introduction and conclusion

Answer on comparing themes. (Exam-style practice.)

Let's build it up, one step at a time — building one woven comparative paragraph

Answer on comparing authorial choices. (Exam-style practice.)

Answer on comparative paragraphs. (Exam-style practice.)

One step at a time — comparing what each work argues about a theme

Answer on comparing techniques. (Exam-style practice.)

Work through it in small steps — comparing a big authorial choice (perspective)

Write a comparative essay in response to the following general question. QUESTION: ‘Compare what the two works suggest about the value of remembering the past.’ Use the two short original works below as if you had studied them (in the exam, use your own two works, closed book). Compare the ARGUMENTS each work makes, not just the shared theme.

Write a full comparative essay in response to the following question, with a strong introduction and conclusion. QUESTION: ‘Compare how the two works present the relationship between people and the places they come from.’ Use the two short original works below as if you had studied them (in the exam, use your own two works, closed book). Frame the essay with a comparative thesis and land the comparison in the conclusion.

Write a comparative essay in well-woven comparative paragraphs in response to the following question. QUESTION: ‘Compare how the two works use the natural world to reveal character.’ Use the two short original works below as if you had studied them (in the exam, use your own two works, closed book). Every paragraph should compare both works around one shared point.

Write a comparative essay in response to the following question, focusing on big authorial choices. QUESTION: ‘Compare how the two writers' choices of form and structure shape the reader's response.’ Use the two short original works below as if you had studied them (in the exam, use your own two works, closed book).

Write a comparative essay in response to the following question, focusing on HOW each writer uses technique. QUESTION: ‘Compare the ways the two writers use structure and repetition to shape meaning.’ Use the two short original works below as if you had studied them (in the exam, use your own two works, closed book).