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In both texts characters feel comfortable in their surroundings
Question 4 is about Text 1, Wideacre, and Text 2, Sleep, Pale Sister. Candidates compare how far characters feel comfortable in their surroundings across both insert extracts.
'In both texts characters feel comfortable in their surroundings.' How far do you agree with this statement? In your answer you should: discuss the characters' experiences of comfort; explain how far their experiences are presented as comfortable ones; compare the ways the writers present the characters' feelings about their surroundings. Support your response with quotations from both texts.
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Marking points
- 1 Evaluates how far the statement is true, rather than simply agreeing or disagreeing without support.
- 2 Uses well-selected quotations from both texts to support comments on comfort and discomfort.
- 3 Compares the writers' ideas and methods across both texts, not treating the texts as separate unrelated responses.
Why this answer loses marks
Opening with unsupported personal agreement or disagreement and not building a comparative judgement from the texts.
The examiner report says the task is not an invitation to begin with unsupported opinion; candidates needed well-supported comparative judgements.