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Characters avoid the truth
Section A part b on the studied text DNA.
Explore another moment in DNA where characters avoid the truth.
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Marking points
- 1 Selects a relevant moment where characters avoid truth.
- 2 Explores how avoidance is presented.
- 3 Uses textual or dramatic evidence.
- 4 Analyses Kelly's language, form or structure.
Why this answer loses marks
Explains the plot of Adam's disappearance without analysing how avoidance of truth is dramatised.
Section A part b requires close literary/dramatic analysis, not only narrative recall.