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Plan one focused paragraph for this AQA English Language objective: Avoid treating each source separately when the task requires comparison.
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Section A Reading non-fiction and literary non-fiction
Question
Plan one focused paragraph for this AQA English Language objective: Avoid treating each source separately when the task requires comparison.
Answer
Avoid treating each source separately response: The paragraph should make one point, use concise evidence or a precise example, explain the effect, and finish by returning to the question wording. For Comparing writers' methods and perspectives, keep one clear focus, select brief evidence or a planned example, explain the method or writing choice, and link the point to effect, audience, purpose, form or tone where relevant.
Explanation
This is effective because it makes the paragraph planning, evidence, explanation and assessment objective visible. Keep one point per paragraph, support it with concise evidence or an example, then link the explanation back to the task. Section A Reading non-fiction and literary non-fiction should compare both sources by naming similar and different ideas rather than treating them separately. Comparing writers' methods and perspectives should plan audience, purpose, form, tone, viewpoint, content and structure before drafting.
Common mistake
comparison: summary instead of analysis
Students sometimes summarise Comparing writers' methods and perspectives instead of explaining how the objective works in the answer.
Correct this by selecting a brief detail, explaining its effect, and linking the point back to "Avoid treating each source separately when the task requires comparison."
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