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…

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

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. =)