Unit 4: Paper 2 & Individual Oral
Topic 4.3: The comparative thesis Questions
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Quick check to start — writing a comparative thesis
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Work through it in small steps — building a comparative thesis from a general question
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Answer on the comparative thesis. (Exam-style practice.)
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2026• Aimnova practice — 4.3.1
Write a comparative essay in response to the following general question, opening with a clear comparative thesis.
QUESTION: ‘Compare how the two works present the desire to escape.’
Use the two short original works below as if you had studied them (in the exam, use your own two works, closed book).
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