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Getting involved in crime
Extract 1 is from DNA, where Phil, Leah, Lou and Danny are in a wood near the start of Act Two, discussing that 'the man' has been found and is in custody. Extract 2 is from Brixton Stories, where Ossie has accepted a lift from Apha and is confused and worried by Apha's strange behaviour and comments.
Compare how getting involved in crime is presented in these two extracts.
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- 1 Compares both extracts and analyses how dialogue, surprise and dramatic structure present involvement in crime.
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No fixed answer is provided by OCR. A strong answer would compare Leah's shocked realisation that a fictional kidnapper has been arrested with Ossie's sudden implication in Apha's crime, analysing fragmented questions, calm revelations and dramatic escalation.
Why this answer loses marks
Explaining the crimes without comparing how involvement is presented through dramatic methods.
The examiner report's general guidance says weaker part a responses often described content rather than comparing and analysing language, form and structure.