A2 LL - 3 WAY COMPARISONS COMMENTARY - THE BASICS

Below is a table containing the main ways of comparing and contrasting the three texts

FEATURE	DETAIL	COMMENT	EXAMPLE
Audience		Who is the target audience?	For example: public, private, general, exclusive
Purpose	Primary	What is the dominating purpose of the text? Be general But also be specific	For example: inform, question, instruct, exclaim For example: advise, order, proclaim, interrogate
	Secondary	All texts have more than one purpose. Identify a secondary general purpose and then be specific.	See above
Genre	Writing style	Identify the different genres of writing within each text	For example: descriptive, dialogue, narrative, anecdotal
	Writing technique	Identify the different language and literary features used in each text. Ensure that for each text you identify literary and linguistic features	For example: linguistic – grammar, syntax, lexis, register For example: literary – imagery, phonology, rhetoric For example: spoken features - fluency and non fluency features Click here for more details on these analytical frameworks.
Theme	Presentation	Comment on the presentation of the theme that links the three texts together. Focus on similarities and or differences	Identify comparative characteristics - abstract/concrete, general/specific
	Attitude	Comment on the underpinning attitudes, values, assumptions the narrator adopts towards the theme.	For example: sympathetic, unsympathetic, angry, tolerant