Poetry Anthology Comparison Essay Plan (Sentence Starters)

Full framework for any poetry comparison essay. Primarily for GCSE AQA English Literature Paper 2 Section B.
It is based on having a named poem and needing to compare it to a second poem…
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This resource includes TWO sets of essay models.** Model A categorises the Language/Structure sentences separately, Model B includes them uncategorised, so please use whichever one your students respond to better.

Each essay structure includes:

• Introduction [colour coded so it is cross-referenced with the example]
• Example Introduction [in answer to an example question]
• 3 chunky analytical paragraphs [within each paragraph there are sentence starters depending on which evidence the student wants to select. For example, if they are referencing only Language evidence, they use the Language sentence starters but if they want to reference Structural evidence, they use the Structure sentence starters]
• Conclusion [colour coded so it is cross-referenced with the example]
• Example conclusion
• A list of ‘show’ synonyms at the bottom of the page so students don’t simply use ‘shows’ or ‘presents’
• A list of comparatives at the bottom of the page when students need to switch from one poem to the other

Easy to edit should you need, but these are lifesavers for my students.

Great for revision, or for when first teaching students model essay structure, so they can use as reference materials in their books.
For students who prefer a ‘formula’ to follow, I encourage them to memorise sentence starters to use as a ‘checklist’ when writing their paragraphs, so they know if they’re ‘writing enough’.

I have these available for other texts and questions, so please take a look. =)