Building a sustained comparative analytical essay in 120 minutes

What this note covers

1. Read the task and stimulus book as one system
2. Use planning time to build comparative hinges
3. Build paragraphs that perform all six criteria together
4. Sustain comparison instead of writing two mini-essays
5. Control the argument across 120 minutes
6. Conclude by appraising significance, not summarising devices
7. Worked 20-minute plan: convert two descriptions into three comparative hinges
8. Worked evidence audit: remove claims that the stimulus cannot support

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