A2 LL - COURSEWORK BASICS

A2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
ELLA 4 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS THROUGH INDEPENDENT STUDY
POETRY ANTHOLOGY – IMPORTANT COURSEWORK INFORMATION

TASK: You will write an essay comparing and contrasting the ways in which a poetry text – 3 poems from one poet - compares and contrasts with either another poetry text – 3 poems from one poet or one short story – on one specific theme or feature common to both writers.

WORD COUNT: 2000 – 2500 words

MARKING: Essay marked out of 60. 20% of A Level

SOME RULES:

· You are allowed to hand one draft of your essay in order to receive verbal feedback and improve your writing.

· Your essay must include close, detailed analysis of the language used by both writers. Drawing from integrated language and literature analytical frameworks.

· The essay must include references to the text’s political, historical and cultural contexts at its production and its reception.

· The essay must make explicit the attitudes and assumptions made about the topic being written about. 

· Your essay must include a full bibliography.

· You must attach with your completed essay a copy of the texts you used for the essay.

· You must attach with your completed essay a copy of the first draft of your essay.

DEADLINES:

Essay titles confirmed w/b 8th December

Completed essay plan w/b 15th December

First draft w/b 9thJanuary

Final Essay 11th February 2015

A2 LL- comparative paragraph

1 Make a point - a topic sentence
2 Expand on the point / Introduce the quotation
3 Quote a short phrase or word
4 Make between 2 and 4 comments on the quotation

Here are some comments you can make: Choose 2 - 4 of these per paragraph.

1 Comment on how the quotation supports the point you made in the topic sentence
2 Identify a key language or literary feature used in the quotation
3 Comment on the purpose or the effect of the feature
4 Comment on the attitudes / tone / voice expressed in the quotation
5 Comment on the meaning or symbolic meaning of key words in the quotation
6 Write a bridge or connecting word or phrase and then

7 Introduce a quotation from the comparative text
8 Quote a short word or phrase
9 Make between 2 and 4 comments on the quotation

Here are some comments you can make:

10 Comment on how the quotation supports the point you made in the topic sentence
11 Identify a key language or literary feature used in the quotation
12 Comment on the purpose or the effect of the feature
13 Comment on the attitudes / tone / voice expressed in the quotation
14 Comment on the meaning or symbolic meaning of key words in the quotation
15 Write a comparative or contrasting observation between the two texts.

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