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Writing an extended written response on the Eduqas 2025 poetry anthology

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Writing an extended written response on the Eduqas 2025 poetry anthology

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Key learning points

  1. A comparative introduction might offer smaller variations within a wider similarity between poems.
  2. A comparative introduction might offer nuanced differences between poems.
  3. You could try to develop your ideas by using discourse markers and alternative interpretations.
  4. The purpose of your analytical writing is to convince the reader of your argument.

Keywords

  • Overarching - most important, because of including or affecting all other areas

  • Nuanced - has subtle details that make it complex and interesting

  • Futility - the fact of having no effect or of achieving nothing

  • Intention - something that you want and plan to do; an aim

Common misconception

Adding an alternative interpretation weakens your argument.

Showing how you can reach the same conclusion about a text through multiple interpretations strengthens your argument.


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Teacher tip

Equipment

You will need a copy of the Eduqas 2025 anthology for this lesson.

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following discourse markers would you use to show cause and effect?
whereas
for example
Correct answer: therefore
moreover
Q2.
Is the following statement true or false: 'You should use tentative language in your response to texts.'
Correct Answer: True, T, true, t
Q3.
'Something that you want and plan to do; an aim' is the definition of which of the following?
Correct answer: intention
incidental
inclusive
Q4.
Which of the following is the summary of Owen's 'Disabled'?
The speaker feels as if their sacrifice was worth it.
The speaker's family refuses to talk to them in the aftermath of the war.
Correct answer: The speaker feels isolated in the aftermath of war.
Q5.
Which of the following poems would you compare with Owen's 'Disabled' on the theme of war?
Correct answer: Garland's 'Kamikaze'
Kay's 'Dusting the Phone'
Heaney's 'Blackberry Picking'
Q6.
Match the discourse marker to the purpose.
Correct Answer:adding another idea,furthermore

furthermore

Correct Answer:giving examples,for instance

for instance

Correct Answer:cause and effect,thus

thus

Correct Answer:contrasting a point,however

however

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6 Questions

Q1.
Put the elements of a comparative introduction in order.
1 - sentence about both poems/poets exploring overarching similarity
2 - narrow down on the similarities in both poems in relation to big ideas
3 - specific thesis - nuanced differences within that similarity
Q2.
Which of the following might you use to develop ideas in an analytical paragraph?
longer quotations
Correct answer: alternative interpretations
repetitive ideas
Q3.
Is the following statement true or false: 'When comparing poems, you want to choose poems that have entirely similar ideas about a theme.'
Correct Answer: False, F, f, false
Q4.
Match the elements of a comparative essay to their definition.
Correct Answer:thesis statement,presents the overarching argument

presents the overarching argument

Correct Answer:topic sentence,explains the individual focus of the paragraph

explains the individual focus of the paragraph

Correct Answer:concluding sentence,summarises the paragraph

summarises the paragraph

Q5.
Your overall conclusion in a written response should do which of the following?
analyse methods as supporting detail
Correct answer: think about the poets' overall intentions
present the overarching argument
Q6.
'The fact of having no effect or of achieving nothing' is the definition of which word beginning with 'f'?
Correct Answer: futility, futile, Futility, Futile