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OCR · GCSE · English Literature · Higher

The difficulties characters have in facing the truth

Q06.1a 20 marks

Section A. DNA by Dennis Kelly and Decky Does a Bronco by Douglas Maxwell. For part a), focus only on the extracts here rather than the rest of the studied text.

Compare the difficulties characters have in facing the truth in these two extracts.

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Marking points

  1. 1 Compares both extracts on the difficulty of facing truth.
  2. 2 Considers situations, reactions and dramatic pressure.
  3. 3 Uses evidence from both extracts.
  4. 4 Analyses language or dramatic features.

Why this answer loses marks

Misses the contrast between lying under threat in DNA and choosing to confess in Decky Does a Bronco.

The mark scheme treats this contrast as central to the comparison.