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Comparing Power and Conflict poems — AQA GCSE English Literature 8702
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AQA GCSE English Literature
The poetry anthology
Answering the poetry comparison question
Comparing Power and Conflict poems
AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Comparing Power and Conflict poems
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What you need to know
How the anthology question works: comparing the printed poem with one other poem from the cluster, and the assessment objectives.
How to choose a poem to compare, and how to structure a comparison, with a model answer and commentary.
A question set out as AQA sets it, with its wording and marks.
Paper 2 Section B: compare the printed poem with one other from memory, closed book, about 45 minutes.
A model answer of about 800 words, with context for both poems.
The level the model answer would reach and why, with a Grade 5 and a Grade 8 paragraph side by side.
How to prepare quotations and pairings for all 15 poems.
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