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OCR · GCSE · English Literature · Higher

Family tension

Q04.1a 20 marks

An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley and Councillors by Graham Jones. Read the two extracts below and answer both parts. For part (a), focus only on the extracts.

Compare how family tension is presented in these two extracts.

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Marking points

  1. 1 Compares tension in both family occasions.
  2. 2 Explains reactions and relationships within and around the family.
  3. 3 Analyses dramatic language, stage directions, interruption or speech structure.

Why this answer loses marks

Both extracts show arguments at a family celebration.

This gives the occasion, but it needs the family relationships, reactions and dramatic techniques that create tension.