Sentence Starters

Question 1

How does Interpretation B differ from Interpretation about…? (4 marks)

Answer 1

The point of view in Interpretation A is… (own words). This is clear when it says…(quote)
However, the point of view in Interpretation B is…. This is clear when it says…
The difference is that A says…whereas B says….(positive or negative? maybe??)

Question 2

Why might the authors of Interpretations A and B have a different interpretation about…? (4 marks)

Answer 2

The author of Interpretation A was… This would mean that…
However, the author of Interpretation B was…This would mean that…
Therefore the authors have different views because author A was… whereas author B was…

Question 3

Which interpretation do you find more convincing about…? (8 marks)

Answer 3

Interpretation A says that…This is (very) convincing because I know that…
Interpretation B says that…This is (partially) convincing because I know that…

Overall Interpretation A is more convincing than B because…
However, the view is not accurate across the whole time period / for everyone in society because I know that…

Question 4

Describe two… (4 marks)

Answer 4

One (x) was… This meant that…Another (x) was…This meant that…

Question 5

In what ways…(8 marks)

Answer 5

One way was…At this time…This meant that…However the changes were not the same for everyone / over time because…

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Question 6

Which of the following were more important… (12 marks)

Answer 6

X was (very) important in causing…At this time…This meant that…Therefore..

Y was also (very) important in causing…At this time…This meant that…Therefore…

In conclusion, X is more important than Y in causing…because…

Question 7

Source A is critical of…How do you know? (4 marks)

Answer 7

Source A is critical of…because it was written by…in…At this time…

Question 8

Write an account of how X led to Y (8 marks)

Answer 8

One way in which X led to Y was…At this time…This meant that….therefore…
Another way in which X led to Y was…At this time…This led to…As a result…

The most significant factor was…because
OR
These two factors coordinated in order to cause Y because…

Question 9

‘X was the main reason for Y’ How far do you agree with this statement?

Answer 9

X was (very) important in causing Y…At this time…This meant that…Therefore…

W was also (quite) important in causing Y…At this time…This meant that…Therefore…

Z was also (partially) important in causing Y…At this time…This meant that…Therefore…

In conclusion, X was the main reason for Y because…W and Z also contributed to causing X because…