GO COMPARE

EITHER
4 1 Writers draw upon the conventions of different genres when constructing their narratives: 
for example, ballads, monologues, elegies, fictive biographies, thrillers, romances.
 Write about the significance of generic conventions in the narratives of the three writers 
you have studied. (42 marks)
OR
4 2 A key choice writers make is how they name or refer to characters in their stories.
 Write about the significance of the choices writers have made in naming or referring to 
their characters in the three texts you have studied. (42 marks)


EITHER
3 7 “In narratives, what we are not told is just as important as what we are told.”
 Write about the significance of the gaps or of the untold stories in the narratives of the 
three writers you have studied. (42 marks)
OR
3 8 Write about the significance of descriptive language as it is used by each of the three
writers you have studied. (42 marks)


EITHER
3 7 Write about the significance of the ways the three writers you have studied have 
structured their narratives. (42 marks)
OR
3 8 Write about the significance of the ways the three writers you have studied have used 
places in their narratives. (42 marks)


EITHER
Question 19
3 7 Write about the significance of the ways writers end their narratives in the work of the 
three writers you have studied. (42 marks)
OR
Question 20
3 8 Write about the significance of narrators in the work of the three writers you have 
studied.


EITHER 19 Many narratives have one or more significant moments of crisis.
    Write about the significance of crises in the work of the three writers you have 
studied. (42 marks)
OR    20 How do writers use repetition to create meanings in their texts?
    In your answer, refer to the work of the three writers you have studied.
(42 marks)


EITHER 19 Write about some of the ways characters are created in the three texts you 
have studied. (42 marks)
OR    20 Write about the ways authors use time to shape the order of events in the 
three texts you have studied. (42 marks)


EITHER 19 Writers often choose their titles carefully to allow for different potential 
meanings.
    Write about some potential meanings of titles in the three texts you have studied.
(42 marks)
OR    20 Write about the significance of one or two key events in each of the three texts 
you have studied. (42 marks)

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