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Contents:
1. What is Comparative?
2. What are you expected to cover? (Comparative criteria)
3. School Assessed Coursework (SAC), exams and allocated marks
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5. How to write a Comparative essay
1. What Is A Comparative?
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Comparative is also known as 'Reading and Comparing', 'Comparative

essay' and less frequently, 'Compare and Contrast'. For our purposes,
we'll just stick to 'Comparative'.
As its name may indicate, a Comparative is when you analyse and write
on two texts, comparing their similarities and differences. In VCE, there
are 8 pairs of texts Year 12s can choose from (or more accurately, your
school chooses for you!). The most popular combination of texts
include novels and films; however plays also make it into the list.
When you start doing Comparative at school, you will move through
your texts just as you have for Text Response (except...instead of one
text it's actually two) - from watching the film and/or reading the novel,
participating in class discussions about similar and different themes and
ideas, and finally, submitting one single essay based on the two texts.
So yep, if you've only just gotten your head around Text Response,
VCAA likes to throw in a spanner in the works to keep you on your toes!
But, don't worry. The good news is, all of your Text Response learning is
applicable to VCE’s Comparative, and it's really not as hard as it might
first appear. Here's a video I created introducing Comparative (I've time-
stamped it to start at 0:55 - when the Comparative section starts - thank
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2. What Are You Expected To

Cover? (Comparative Criteria)
What are teachers and examiners expecting to see in your essays?
Below are the VCE criteria for Comparative essays (sourced from the
VCAA English examination page).
Note: Some schools may express the following points differently,

however they should all boil down to the same points - what is
necessary in a Comparative essay.
1. Knowledge and understanding of both texts, and

the ideas and issues they present
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Understanding their values embodied in texts can help us as readers,
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For example: Misogyny is widespread in both Photograph 51 and The
Penelopiad, and both writers explore the ways in which females deal
with such an environment. Photograph 51 is set in the 1950s when
women begun to enter the workforce, whereas The Penelopiad is set in
Ancient Greece, a period when women were less likely to speak out
against discrimination.
2. Discussion of meaningful connections, similarities

or differences between the texts, in response to the
topic;
More about this later in How To Prepare For Your Comparative SAC and
exam, point 2: Understand both your texts - as a pair.
3. Use of textual evidence to support the

comparative analysis;
While you should absolutely know how to embed quotes in your essay
like a boss, you want to have other types of evidence in your
Comparative essay. You must discuss how the author uses the form that
he/she is writing in to develop her discussion. This encompasses a huge
breadth of things from metaphors to structure to language.
For example, "The personification of Achilles as ‘wolf, a violator of every

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appropriate to the task.

When examiners read essays, they are expected to get through about
12-15 essays in an hour! This results in approximately 5 minutes to read,
get their head around, and grade your essay - not much time at all! It is
so vital that you don’t give the examiner an opportunity to take away
marks because they have to reread certain parts of your essay due to
poor expression and grammar.
3. School Assessed
Coursework (SAC), Exams And
Allocated Marks
Comparative is the 1st Area of study (AOS 1) in Unit 2 (Year 11) and Unit
4 (Year 12) - meaning that majority of students will tackle the
Comparative SAC in Term 3. The number of allocated marks are:
- Unit 2 – dependant on school
- Unit 4 – 60 marks (whopper!)
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periods last. Teachers can ask you to write anywhere from 900 to 1200
words for your essay (keep in mind that it’s about quality, not quantity!)
In your exam, you get a whopping total of 3 hours to write 3 essays (Text
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Response, Comparative, and Language Analysis). The general guide is
60 minutes on Comparative, however it is up to you exactly how much
time you decide to dedicate to this section of the exam. Your
Comparative essay will be graded out of 10 by two different examiners.
Your two unique marks from these examiners will be combined, with 20
as the highest possible mark.
4. How To Prepare For Your

Comparative SAC And Exam
Preparation is a vital component in how you perform in your SACs and
exam so it’s always a good idea to find out what is your best way to
approach assessments. This is just to get you thinking on the different
study methods you can try before a SAC. Here are my top strategies
(ones I actually used in VCE) for Comparative preparation:
Step 1: Understand Each Text - Individually

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sections, quotes, themes and characters (which are still important and
which you should definitely know), here are some other matters which
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- Why has it been chosen by VCAA (out of literally millions of other

books)
- Why are you reading it (especially if it’s an old text, and how it’s still
important throughout the ages)?
- Why did the author write it?
- What kind of social commentary exists within the text (especially on

specific issues and themes)?
These kinds of questions are important because quite often in this area
of study, you’ll be defending and interpreting your own ideas alongside
the author’s. When you find a solid interpretation of the text as a whole,
then no essay topic will really throw you off - because you’ll know
already what you think about it. Moreover, because you’re comparing
two texts in this section, understanding a text and being specific (e.g.
both texts argue that equality is important vs while both texts A and B
agree with the notion of equality, A focuses on ____ whereas B
highlights ____ ) will help your writing improve in sophistication and
depth.
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Step 2: Understand Both Your Texts - As A

Pair
Avoid simply drawing connections between the texts which are
immediately obvious. When writing a Comparative, the key strategy
that'll help you stand out from the crowd is the CONVERGENT and
DIVERGENT strategy. I discuss this in more detail later in this guide
under 'ebook'.
We'll use George Orwell's Animal Farm and Shakespeare's Macbeth as

an example (don't worry if you haven't studied either of these texts, it's
just to prove a point). The most obvious connection simply from reading
the plot is that both Napoleon and Macbeth are powerful leaders.
However, you want to starting asking yourself more questions to
develop an insightful comparison between the two men:
For example: In Macbeth and Animal Farm a common theme is power

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A: In Animal Farm, Napoleon is sly about his intentions and slowly
secures his power with clever manipulation and propaganda. However,
Shakespeare’s Macbeth adopts very different methods as he uses
violence and abuse to secure his power.
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Q: How do they maintain power?
A: Both Napoleon and Macbeth are tyrants who go to great length to

protect their power. They believe in killing or chasing away anyone who
undermines their power.
Q: What is the effect of power on the two characters?
A: While Macbeth concentrates on Macbeth’s growing guilty

conscience and his gradual deterioration to insanity, Animal Farm offers
no insight into Napoleon’s stream of consciousness. Instead, George
Orwell focuses on the pain and suffering of the animals under
Napoleon’s reign. This highlights Shakespeare’s desire to focus on the
inner conflict of a man, whereas Orwell depicted the repercussions of a
totalitarian regime on those under its ruling.
Step 3: Understand The Construction Of

Your Texts
Besides comparing ideas and themes, and having an understanding of
what the text says, it’s also imperative that you understand HOW the
texts say it. This type of analysis focuses on metalanguage (also known
as literary devices or literary techniques). When you get technical with
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You could start asking yourself:
- What kind of description is used?
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- Are they long and winding or rather short and bare?
- Are they dripping with adjectives or snappy?
- What is the structure of the text?
- Does one begin with a prologue/end with an epilogue?
- Is the text continuous or divided e.g. through letters or days or parts?
- Does the text end at a climax or ends with a true finality?
- What reoccurs throughout the text? (specific lines, symbols or images)
This kind of understanding is important as they are evidentiary material

for your arguments. What you say and believe the authors have said, as
well as how you believe the texts differ, may rely heavily on these
techniques. You'd then translate this analysis to develop your
arguments further in your essay. For example:
His depiction of Chapel serves as a subversion of the conventional

type of slave; he is “half a slave, half the master” and belongs to
“another way of life.” His defiance and rebellion against the
dictations of society is exemplified through his speech, which
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Step 4: Read And Watch Lisa's Study Guides'

Resources
Doing this study all by yourself can be rather daunting, so we've got
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videos, study guides and ebooks. Here are some just to get your
started:
YouTube Videos
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Study guides
Our awesome team of English high-achievers have written up study
guides based on popular VCE texts. Here's a compilation of all the ones
we've covered so far including current and older text pairs:
Bombshells and The Penelopiad
Ransom and Invictus
Stasiland and 1984
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shouldn't be too challenging, but what is
difficult is finding the right example and
evidence to ensure that you're standing
out against hundreds of other students
studying VCE.
Unlike Text Response where there are

over 30 texts for schools to choose from,
Comparative only has 8 pairs of texts.
This means that the likelihood of other
students studying the same texts are you is much higher. And what
does that mean?
It means that your competition is going to be even tougher. It's likely

the character or quote you plan to use will also be used by other
students. So, this means that there needs to be a way for you to
differentiate yourself. Enter my golden CONVERGENT and DIVERGENT
strategy.
This strategy can be used for any example you wish to use, except by
approaching your example with the CONVERGENT and DIVERGENT
mindset, you'll immediately be able to establish a unique perspective
that should earn you some bonus marks.
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will help eliminate all those criticisms. It will also show your teacher how
you are comfortable writing an in-depth analysis using fewer examples,
rather than trying to overload your essay with as many examples as
possible because you barely have anything to say about each one.
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To learn more about the CONVERGENT and DIVERGENT strategy,

download my ebook sample on the Shop page or at the bottom of this
blog.
Step 5: Brainstorm And Write Plans.

Once you've done some preliminary revision, it's time to write plans!
Plans will help ensure you stick to your essay topic, and have a clear
outline of what your essay will cover. This clarity is crucial to success in a
Comparative essay.
Doing plans is also an extremely time-efficient way to approach SACs.

Rather than slaving away hours upon hours over writing essays, writing
plans can will save you the burnout, and get you feeling confident
faster.
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I've also curated essay topic breakdown videos based on specific VCE
texts. In these videos, I explore keywords, ideas and how I'd plan an
essay with corresponding examples/evidence.
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I Am Malala And Made In Dagenham Prompts
Ransom And Invictus Prompts
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Step 7: Write Essays.

Yes, sad but it’s a fact. Writers only get better by actually writing. Even if
you just tackle a couple of essays then at least you will have started to
develop a thinking process that will help you to set out arguments
logically, utilise important quotes and time yourself against the clock. It
will help you write faster as well – something that is a major problem for
many students. With that said, let's get into how to write a Comparative
next.
5. How To Write A Comparative

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Here're a couple of resources to get your Comparative essay structure

sorted. Firstly a video (time-stamped at 1:38):
Compare and contrast essay structure
Secondly, jump over to Sarah's (English study score X) advice on

Compare the pair: Structuring a Reading and Comparing Essay where
she delves into two different types of Comparative essay structures.
Comparative Essay Example

Introduction
In an introduction, you're expected to have the following:
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Here's an example from Mida (English study score 43), in her post A
Comparative Essay Breakdown:
The hopes and dreams of oppressed individuals can be fulfilled to

a certain extent. This degree of fulfilment, however, can ultimately
become restricted by the entrenched beliefs and dictations of
society; and thus, this process of fulfilment is presented to be
difficult and rare to achieve. In Fred D’Aguiar’s novella, The
Longest Memory, the hopes and dreams for equality and racial
acceptance is revealed to coerce oppressed individuals to subvert
social norms, all in an attempt to gain liberty and fairness. Similarly,
Tom Wright’s play, Black Diggers, explores the collective yearning
of oppressed Indigenous Australians who seek to gain a sense of
belonging and recognition in society. Both D’Aguiar and Wright
expose how the obstacles of social inequality, deep-rooted
prejudice and beliefs can essentially restrict the fulfilment of such
desires and dreams.
Try to keep your introduction to the point. There's no need to prolong

an introduction just to make a set number of sentences. It's always
better to be concise and succinct, and move into your main body
paragraphs where the juicy contents of your essay resides.
Body paragraph
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- Linking sentence
If your teacher or school teaches you something slightly different - that's

ok too. At the end of the day the foundations are the same.
In Comparative, you can still use TEEL, except that you'll be making
comparisons between the two texts throughout your paragraph.
The below example adopts the 'Alternate' Comparative essay structure

where the first part of the body paragraph focuses on Text 1 (The
Longest Memory) and the second half of the body paragraph focuses
on Text 2 (Black Diggers).
The ambitions of the oppressed are achieved to a certain extent.

However, they are not maintained and thus become restricted due
to the beliefs and conventions entrenched in society. D’Aguiar
asserts that a sense of liberation can indeed be achieved in the
unjust system of slavery, and this is demonstrated through his
characterisation of Chapel. His depiction of Chapel serves as a
subversion of the conventional type of slave; he is “half a slave, half
the master” and belongs to “another way of life.” His defiance and
rebellion against the dictations of society is exemplified through
his speech, which consists of rhythmic and poetic couplets, filled
with flowery language; which ultimately challenges the idea of
illiterate slaves. D’Aguiar also associates the allusion of the “two
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the two characters take on a form of illicit, linguistic, sexual
intercourse with each other, as they “touch each other’s bodies in
the dark” and “memorise [their] lines throughout.” Here, D’Aguiar
illustrates their close intimacy as a form of rebellion against the
Eurocentric society, who believed such interrelation between
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nature of Chapel is also paralleled in Black Diggers, where Wright’s
portrayal of Bertie expresses the yearning for a sense of belonging.
Just like Chapel, Bertie desires free will, and he decides to “fight
for the country.” This aspiration of his however, is restrained by
both his Mum and Grandad; who in a similar manner as
Whitechapel, represent the voice of reality and reason. Wright
employs the metaphor of the Narrandera Show to depict the
marginalisation and exclusion of Aboriginal people, as they will
never be “allowed through the wire,” or essentially, ever be
accepted in Australia. This notion of exclusion is further reinforced
through Bertie’s gradual loss of voice and mentality throughout
Wright’s short vignettes, as he soon becomes desensitised and is
“unable to speak.” Here, Wright seems to suggest that the silenced
voices of the Indigenous soldiers depict the eternal suffering they
experienced; from both the horrors of war, but also the continual
marginalisation and lack of recognition they faced back home.
Consequently, D’Aguiar and Wright highlight how the ambitions of
young individuals are limited by the truths and history of reality,
and are essentially rarely achieved.
Conclusion
Conclusions should be short and sweet. Summarise your main points
while comparing the two texts (just as you have throughout your entire
essay).
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their freedom and achieve their hopes and dreams. However, both
reveal the harsh truths of reality that ultimately inhibit and restrict
the capacity of people’s ambitions. D’Aguiar and Wright compel
their readers to try and grasp an understanding of the past of
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closure of this fundamental truth. They both convey the need for
memories and the past to never be forgotten; and instead
remembered and recognised in history.
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While this guide is fantastic to get you started, there are certain
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2. What are you expected to cover? (Comparative criteria)

3. School Assessed Coursework (SAC), exams and allocated marks

Comparative is also known as 'Reading and Comparing', 'Comparative

Reading and comparing | Compare and contrast essays

2. What Are You Expected To

Note: Some schools may express the following points differently,

1. Knowledge and understanding of both texts, and

2. Discussion of meaningful connections, similarities

3. Use of textual evidence to support the

For example, "The personiﬁcation of Achilles as ‘wolf, a violator of every

LISA'S STUDY GUIDES

To learn more about metalanguage, read our 'What is metalanguage'

4. Control and eﬀectiveness of language use, as

appropriate to the task.

- Unit 2 – dependant on school

- Unit 4 – 60 marks (whopper!)

4. How To Prepare For Your

Step 1: Understand Each Text - Individually

- Why has it been chosen by VCAA (out of literally millions of other

- Why did the author write it?

- What kind of social commentary exists within the text (especially on

Step 2: Understand Both Your Texts - As A

We'll use George Orwell's Animal Farm and Shakespeare's Macbeth as

For example: In Macbeth and Animal Farm a common theme is power

A: Both Napoleon and Macbeth are tyrants who go to great length to

Q: What is the effect of power on the two characters?

A: While Macbeth concentrates on Macbeth’s growing guilty

Step 3: Understand The Construction Of

You could start asking yourself:

- What kind of description is used?

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- Are they long and winding or rather short and bare?

- Are they dripping with adjectives or snappy?

- What is the structure of the text?

- Does one begin with a prologue/end with an epilogue?

- Is the text continuous or divided e.g. through letters or days or parts?

- Does the text end at a climax or ends with a true ﬁnality?

- What reoccurs throughout the text? (speciﬁc lines, symbols or images)

This kind of understanding is important as they are evidentiary material

His depiction of Chapel serves as a subversion of the conventional

Step 4: Read And Watch Lisa's Study Guides'

your back. We specialise in supporting VCE English by creating helpful

Tips for EFFECTIVE note-taking! | Back to scho…

We also create Comparative pair-speciﬁc videos:

Bombshells and The Penelopiad

Ransom and Invictus

Stasiland and 1984

Stasiland and Never Let Me Go

The Crucible and Year of Wonders

Tracks and Into the Wild

Comparative' ebook. Comparative itself

Unlike Text Response where there are

It means that your competition is going to be even tougher. It's likely

To learn more about the CONVERGENT and DIVERGENT strategy,

Step 5: Brainstorm And Write Plans.

Doing plans is also an extremely time-efﬁcient way to approach SACs.

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