A2 LL 3 WAY COMPARISON FEEDBACK ON RIVERS

• In your introduction you need to do more than just repeat what has already been established in the exam question. For each text you must - as a summary or overview
• identify audience, purpose[s], genre, specific topic - this might be plot or narrative description and attitude towards the topic
• make general comparative points between all three texts
• Once you have established a point there is no need to establish it again with another example. Move on with your commentary.
• I recommend only using short, relevant quotations that contain language features to comment on. However if you do use long quotations then you really must analyse it fully. I'd suggest commenting on 3 - 5 language features and effects.
• Really make a significant point of the 1st person narrative of the poem. First person narratives are biased and selective in their vision of the situation. First person narratives of objects and things gives life to the object, makes it appear human - it uses language.
• It's not enough to write only one thing about a quotation. Aim to write at least 3 relevant and appropriate points about a language feature.
• Don't ignore the first half of text C. There are lots of observations and language features to identify here.
• In your analysis of rivers consider both elemental and sensuous language in all three of the texts.
• You absolutely must revise spoken language features and terms. Look at transcripts of spontaneous speech and observe the function of spoken language features. Revise key terms.
• There will be a variety of reasons why non-fluency features are used in a transcript of spontaneous speech. Consider the context of the transcript to help decide what is motivating