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Can you summarise what stance each text takes on the global issue?
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How is this apparent in the way that each is written?
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Has either text changed or affected your opinion about the global issue? Why/why not?
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Does the text challenge your views or confirm your views in the way it presents the global issue? Why/why not?
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Is there an accepted reading of how the text presents the global issue? Are there convincing alternative readings?
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Which elements of how the extract presents the global issue are typical of the author/the text as a whole? (Refer to the wider body)
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Which of the author’s choices in this extract do you find most effective/powerful/interesting in relation to the global issue?
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How does the narrative voice/perspective/speaker affect your reading of the text and what it says about the global issue?
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How does the extract fit into the structure of the text as a whole?
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What do you think would be lost if this extract was omitted from the text?
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How does the title of the text connect to the global issue?
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Why do you think the author chose this title?
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How does the author portray the relationship between character A and character B?
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How does this relationship connect to the global issue?
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Does / how does the author make the reader/audience feel morally conflicted in relation to this global issue?
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