English Language GCSE
19th and 21st century comparison
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Comparing writers' ideas and perspectives across the two periods, linking the two writers directly rather than describing each text separately.
Topics that use 19th and 21st century comparison
- Component 2: 19th and 21st Century Non-Fiction Reading and Transactional/Persuasive Writing (Eduqas GCSE)
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