1. What are the
examiners looking for
in Higher Tier
answers?

2. Mark scheme for B/A/A*
• Examination and analysis of meaning in two
poems
• Examination and analysis of specific methods of
using language and structure to convey
meanings
• INTEGRATED COMPARATIVE APPROACH
e.g. clear comparison on contrasts, sequencing,
shape, metaphor, simile, images, description,
repetition

3. … so what do I need
to put in my
answers?

4. Three Golden Rules
1. Write a lot about a little: a three word
quote might lead to a three or four line
comment.
2. Constant P-Q-C.
3. Compare writing techniques (not the
people or places in the poems)

5. Possible paragraph starters
I have chosen to compare ‘Night of the Scorpion’ with What
Were They Like. Both poets use….
One important similarity between the poems
is………………………………………..
Another important way the two poets are alike is that the
poet…………………………….
One major difference is
that……………………………………………………………
A second difference is that……………..
Overall, both poets ………………

6. What have past
questions covered?

7.  Compare the ways people are presented in Vultures with the ways
people are presented in one other poem.
 How does the poet create an image of a place in Night of the
Scorpion? Compare this with the way an image of a place is created
in one other poem.
 Compare the methods Denise Levertov uses to present a particular
culture in What Were They Like? with the methods another poet
uses to present a culture or cultures in one other poem.
 Compare the methods Denise Levertov uses to present a particular
culture in What Were They Like? with the methods another poet
uses to present a culture or cultures in one other poem.
 Compare how language and layout are used for effect in Two
Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes with the
ways language and layout are used for effect in one other poem.
 Compare the ways poets use structure and language to convey
meaning in What Were They Like? and one other poem.