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What is 0475 Component 5 Coursework?: A portfolio of two assignments on different studied texts, 600–1200 words each, 25 marks. It is taken with Paper 3 as the alternative to Paper 4.
What makes a good coursework task?: A question that invites an argument (not a topic), focuses on the writer's methods, and is narrow enough to explore in depth within the word limit.
What is a thesis in a literature essay?: A one-sentence answer to the question, decided before writing. Every paragraph should support, develop, qualify or complicate it.
What are the four parts of a point-evidence-analysis-link paragraph?: Point (a claim that moves the argument on), evidence (a short quotation or precise reference), analysis (how the writer's choice creates meaning) and link (back to the thesis or another part of the text).
When does context earn marks in a literature essay?: When it helps explain a choice the writer made and the answer returns to the text. Background history or biography that does not is not credited.
Which tense should you use when writing about a text?: The present tense, for example "the narrator reveals", because the text exists now whenever it is read.
How do you keep coursework authentic?: Write it yourself, acknowledge any critic's idea in your own words with its source, and keep dated drafts and notes showing how the work developed.