ELLA 3 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
PLANNING CHECKLIST
READ THE QUESTION
- Read the question carefully several times and make sure you understand clearly the unified topic and the actual task you have been set.
- As you read the general introduction of the texts, look out for clues to THE CONTEXT of the texts: that is audience, purpose, genre and attitude to the main topic.
- Then read the three texts very quickly and carefully
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Identify quotations that you can use as evidence
for genre
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Identify quotations that you can use as evidence
for purpose[s]
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Identify quotations that you can use as evidence
for audience
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Identify quotations that you can use as evidence
for the writer’s attitude to main tropic
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Identify 3 – 6 comparative sub-topics and find quotations
that you can use as evidence
Read and annotate text A
Summarise the extract – what happens? What is it about?
Is there a simple structure that divides the extract into 2
/ 3 sections
Identify quotes to support audience, purpose and genre. Because
you won’t know what the comparative sub-topics are at this stage you should
identify as many topics as you can.
Read and annotate B
Summarise the extract – what happens? What is it about?
Is there a simple structure that divides the extract into 2
/ 3 sections?
Identify quotes to support audience, purpose and genre.
As you read text B look out especially for sub-topics that
link to text A. I expect there will be 3 / 4 of these. But be prepared to jot
down other sub-topics – they may come up in text C.
Read and annotate text C
Is there a simple structure that divides the extract into 2
/ 3 sections?
Identify quotes to support audience, purpose and genre.
SECOND READING
Read the three texts again and decide for yourself the order
you want to write about them. I suggest you write about the text you feel most
confident about.
Concentrate on finalising the quotations you plan to use.
Choose quotations by asking yourself – does this quotation support the point I
want to make? And are there two or more language features I can confidently
write about in the quote? If the answer is no to either one of these questions,
then choose another quotation to analyse and compare. Don’t forget to comment on the effect of these
language features on the relevant audiences.
You may be drawing up a bullet point plan as you go but if
not then jot down very quickly the points you are going to make in the order
you intend to make them.
Text A
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Analysis point 1 – sub topic
o
Include quotation
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Analysis point 2 – genre
o
Include quotation
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Analysis point 3 – purpose
o
Include quotation
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Analysis point 4 – sub topic
o
Include quotation
Text B
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Analysis point 1 and comparison point to text A –
sub topic
o
Include at least one quotation from text B
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Analysis point 2 and comparison point to text A –
genre
o
Include at least one quotation from text B
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Analysis point 3 and comparison point to text A –
purpose
o
Include at least one quotation from text B
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Analysis point 4 and comparison point to text A –
sub topic
o
Include at least one quotation from text B
Text C
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Analysis point 1 and comparison point to text A
and B – sub topic
o
Include at least two quotations – at least one
from text C
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Analysis point 2 and comparison point to text A and
B – genre
o
Include at least two quotations – at least one
from text C
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Analysis point 3 and comparison point to text A and
B – purpose
o
Include at least two quotations – at least one
from text C
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Analysis point 4 and comparison point to text A and
B – sub topic
o
Include at least two quotations – at least one
from text C
