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  • 04-06-2008 3:11pm
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    Dr.Millah
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    Hey guys

    On the comparative in paper 2 there
    cul context
    lit genre
    theme or issue

    and general vision or viewpoint? im not sure of this one and dont believe we covered it/ is it much like the cultural context? or do you just talk about what happenes in each text?

    Thanks


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    peteballagh
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    I thought for H/L there's only 3 modes - Lit Gen., Cul Con, and Theme? I've only done theme and cultural context!


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    alan4cult
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    general vision or viewpoint is not prescribed for 2008 it's just the other 3: Literary Genre, Theme and Issue, Cultural Context.


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    Soby
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    general vision or viewpoint isnt on our course this year..
    its 2 out of cultural context
    literary genre
    theme or issue


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    Dr.Millah
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    Thank god!!

    Was going throught the papers and was like "wtf is this about? i dont ever rember seeing this" haha

    Saved me alot of boder guys, thanks!


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    maggie18x
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    remember when the examiner is correcting your answer on the comparative every time they see you make a comparison such where two texts are similar or disimailiar or where you are talking about the texts all together they put a little "C" of the side of your essay.the higher the "c's" you have the better yuor result!

    its not called the COMPARATIVE text for nothing!

    :)


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    irish_boy90
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    Dr.Millah wrote: »
    Thank god!!

    Was going throught the papers and was like "wtf is this about? i dont ever rember seeing this" haha

    Saved me alot of boder guys, thanks!
    Same here
    I have litracy and theme covered and was hoping I would get lucky.

    I am hoping for theme to come up though.


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    Dr.Millah
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    Im hoping for Cultural Context or Theme/issues. One has to come up anyway so its not to bad. Unlike with the poets


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    teckoda
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    I'm guessing it will be a Theme And Issue question. I hope it will!


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    Bryan4president
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    Literary Genre all the way. God its so easy. well as least compared to Othello


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    Parsley
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    maggie18x wrote: »
    remember when the examiner is correcting your answer on the comparative every time they see you make a comparison such where two texts are similar or disimailiar or where you are talking about the texts all together they put a little "C" of the side of your essay.the higher the "c's" you have the better yuor result!

    its not called the COMPARATIVE text for nothing!

    :)

    You need at least 3 or 4 in your essay to be taken seriously! So our teacher says.


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    maggie18x
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    Parsley wrote: »
    You need at least 3 or 4 in your essay to be taken seriously! So our teacher says.

    what are you serious?:confused: if that is the case you are only making 4 comparisons in your probably 4 page essay so what you essentially are doing is a summary of the texts which is not good.

    at the start of every paragraph say a statement which links one or two or all of the texts.talk about one of the texts,then link it to another,finally the end of the paragraph can be a summing up of the issue between the texts.each paragraph should have 3 to 4 comparisons at least!this is peoples downfall in this question...


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    Mars Bar
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    What I do is state my point in the first line of each paragraph e.g, Almost immediately in each text, the gap in communication between father and son is evident. In Phily, SB and Gar are sitting at the table in an awkward silence...Simlarly in Babylon, Alec has not spoken with either of his parents since his departure to war. "I love no living person. I have not communicated with either my father or my mother." This can also be said for My Left Foot...so on and so forth.

    I had 5 of these points and expansions like that and the examiner said it was 5 Comparisons, essentially I had 3 comparisons and contrasts in each paragraph so that was 15. They only take for it in a general overlook if you get what I am saying. ye probably don't but it makes sense to me and I tried my best!!


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    Turquoise
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    My teacher says you should have at least a few C's on every page?! I got a B1 on the comparative section in the mocks and had 17 C's?


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    Mars Bar
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    I got 64/70 in it which in an A2 in that section.


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    scholes19
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    got 72 in d mocks, and just wondering whether one should do a comparative, in terms of taking each text as individual! at the end linking them with the other texts!? is this correct or will i lose marks for doin so!


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