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OCR · GCSE · English Literature · Higher

People coming home

Q01.1a 20 marks

Section A - Modern prose or drama. Answer one question from this section. Anita and Me by Meera Syal and Spies by Michael Frayn. Read the two extracts below and then answer both part a) and part b). You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on part a) and 30 minutes on part b). For part a), focus only on the extracts here rather than referring to the rest of your studied text.

Compare how the writers present people coming home in these two extracts.

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Marking points

  1. 1 Compares both extracts and stays focused on people coming home.
  2. 2 Explains situations, experiences and character reactions using textual references.
  3. 3 Analyses language, form or structure and effects.
  4. 4 Uses relevant contextual understanding inferred from the extracts.

Why this answer loses marks

Both extracts are about returning home and finding that things have changed.

This notices the shared topic but does not compare reactions, causes of change, writer methods or context.