OCR · GCSE · English Literature · Higher

Groups of women taking charge

Q01.1 20 marks

Question 1 asks candidates to read two extracts, Extract 1 from Anita and Me by Meera Syal and Extract 2 from Tickets, Please! by D. H. Lawrence. For part a), candidates should focus only on the extracts rather than the rest of the studied text.

Compare how groups of women taking charge 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 rather than writing two separate responses.
2 Uses precise evidence from Syal and Lawrence to support interpretations.
3 Explains language, form or structural choices and their effects.
4 Connects the presentation of women taking charge to contextual pressures around work, gender and war.

Why this answer loses marks

Both extracts show women as confident and powerful.

This gives a broad comparison but does not analyse Syal and Lawrence methods or link the presentation to context.