Comparing and Contrasting in Paper 2
Paper 2 asks students to compare and contrast two of the literary works they have studied. Comparing and contrasting seems to be something we do intuitively, and is probably an evolved human behaviour (although you may wish to check InThinking’s excellent biology site to confirm or refute this latter claim). However, even if we are right, it remains the case that our students need guidance and practice in the kind of...