This question seems to be the most confusing for students so let's take a closer look at what's required from you here...Basically, your job is to have an opinion on their opinion of the subject they are talking about..
This question is worth 16 marks, about 16-20 minutes of your time depending on extra time requirements.
Make sure that you cover the 3 elements of the reading sections: the subject overall, the narrator's opinions on the subject and the writer's methods - their use of language and structural features to get their point across to you as the reader.
Read the question carefully. This question will ask you to focus on implicit meaning - writer's perspectives, opinions, judgements, feelings, thoughts...Make sure you focus on the requirements of the question, then read the Sources for answers (which will also be your quotes).
Select 3 points from Source A and 3 from Source B then write up in P.E.T.E.R. paragraphs:
Point - clear, relevant answer from Source A
Evidence - lots of short quotes
Technique - writer's methods to get their opinion across to you as reader: language and/or structural features
Explain - subject overall and the narrator's opinion in full detail. Make links between ideas in the Source.
Reader - analyse the text in your own words in full. This is the effect on the reader. Nothing generic about reading on or creating images in the reader's mind. Forget all that. Tell the examiner what you think in full and in detail. Don't move on until you have done this as best you can. It's the MOST vital part of all your answers in the Reading sections on both papers.
Then compare to Source B and do another P.E.T.E.R paragraph. Then do another comparison between A and B. Try to do 3 comparisons in full. Try not to do 3 points from A and then 3 from B as it's not a full comparison. Your points don't have to be exact comparisons at all - just show how the 2 opinions differ. Why does one like something while the other doesn't? How do you know? What effect do the words and opinions create?
Make sure that you compare. Your mark will be held back if you don't. It's in the question, as it is with Question 2, so make sure that you do it.
Focus on the fact that these 2 sources are about the same subject but different in opinion. What is the writer's opinion? How do you know? Why do they have that opinion? The easiest way to work out why they have that opinion is to put yourself in their shoes. Imagine what it would be like to see the world as they see it, with that opinion, and then discuss it in full with the examiner.
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