Chapter 40: Weekly Tutor Marked Essay

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Weekly Tutor Marked Essay: OCR H472 Authored Long-Answer Questions

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OCR H472 weekly essay

OCR H472 weekly essay, Proof Academy, a self-selected passage pair from the week's studied texts

Precise passage reference only: students should use the named passage and brief quotations from their studied text, not a supplied full extract.

H472.40.1 Compare how writers present transgressive desire in two texts from your current OCR H472 route. In your answer, analyse methods, contexts and at least one critical interpretation. (20 marks)

Build a clear AO1 line of argument before selecting evidence.
Analyse language, form and structure precisely rather than retelling content.
Integrate relevant context only when it changes interpretation.
Test at least one alternative reading where the task invites AO5.

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OCR H472 weekly essay

OCR H472 weekly essay, Proof Academy, a self-selected passage pair from the week's studied texts

Precise passage reference only: students should use the named passage and brief quotations from their studied text, not a supplied full extract.

H472.40.2 Discuss the view that Gothic writing exposes the anxieties of its historical moment more than it simply frightens readers. Compare two texts from your current OCR H472 route. (20 marks)

Build a clear AO1 line of argument before selecting evidence.
Analyse language, form and structure precisely rather than retelling content.
Integrate relevant context only when it changes interpretation.
Test at least one alternative reading where the task invites AO5.

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20 marksconsiderhardOCR

OCR H472 weekly essay

OCR H472 weekly essay, Proof Academy, a self-selected passage pair from the week's studied texts

Precise passage reference only: students should use the named passage and brief quotations from their studied text, not a supplied full extract.

H472.40.3 Consider how far different readers might see victims in two texts from your current OCR H472 route as either powerless or resistant. Compare language, form and structure. (20 marks)

Build a clear AO1 line of argument before selecting evidence.
Analyse language, form and structure precisely rather than retelling content.
Integrate relevant context only when it changes interpretation.
Test at least one alternative reading where the task invites AO5.

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20 marksexploresynopticOCR

OCR H472 weekly essay

OCR H472 weekly essay, Proof Academy, a self-selected passage pair from the week's studied texts

Precise passage reference only: students should use the named passage and brief quotations from their studied text, not a supplied full extract.

H472.40.4 Explore the significance of enclosed spaces in two texts from your current OCR H472 route, moving between close analysis and whole-text comparison throughout. (20 marks)

Build a clear AO1 line of argument before selecting evidence.
Analyse language, form and structure precisely rather than retelling content.
Integrate relevant context only when it changes interpretation.
Test at least one alternative reading where the task invites AO5.

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Write your answer first, then mark it.

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39. A* Essay Writing

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Key learning objectives

Understand the key principles behind Weekly Tutor Marked Essay.
Apply these ideas to exam-style questions.
Recall the essential definitions and key terms.