AO3 comparison — compare writers' attitudes

Question (16 marks): For this question, you need to refer to the whole of Source A and the whole of Source B. Compare how the two writers convey their different attitudes to childhood. In your answer, you could:

• compare their different attitudes
• compare the methods they use to convey their attitudes
• support your ideas with quotations from both texts.

Mark scheme (AO3, Band 4 = 13–16 marks):

• Band 4 (Perceptive, detailed): Compares ideas and perspectives in a perceptive way; analyses how methods are used to convey ideas; judicious selection of quotations from both texts; shows perceptive understanding of the different ideas/perspectives.
• Band 3 (9–12): Clear comparison of ideas and methods.
• Band 2 (5–8): Some comparison, mostly of content.
• Band 1 (1–4): Simple awareness of difference.
• Grade-9 marker: integrated comparison within paragraphs ("Whereas Writer A's cumulative syntax …, Writer B's paratactic clauses …") rather than block-by-block.