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Young people's futures
Section A: Modern prose or drama. The printed source extracts are from Never Let Me Go, where Miss Lucy tells students their lives are set out for organ donation, and If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, where recent graduates face uncertainty about jobs and adult futures.
Compare how young people's futures are presented in these two extracts. You should consider: the situations and experiences faced by the characters; how the characters react to these situations and experiences; how the writers' use of language and techniques creates effects.
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Marking points
- 1 Compares both extracts directly.
- 2 Uses references from both extracts.
- 3 Analyses methods and connects them to futures and constraints.
- 4 May discuss constrained futures, unrealistic plans, listing, repetition, authority or apathy.
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A strong answer would compare the fixed, imposed future of the donors with the uncertain, self-doubting future of the graduates, using references from both extracts and analysing methods such as listing, repetition, tone and repeated negatives.
Why this answer loses marks
The donors have no future and the graduates are unsure what jobs to do.
It states both situations but misses how listing, repetition and tone present those futures.