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📺 How to Approach Paper 2 – Quick Strategy

📖 Comparative PLANE Method
Character arcs · Foil characters · Setting · Tone · Narrative structure · Narrative voice

📖 Open Deep Dive

STEP 1 🧠

DDM

Deconstruct → Dichotomise → Merge

DDMCrit A

STEP 2 📋

TEEAL Plan

Comparative structure & AI feedback

TEEALCrit B

STEP 3 📝

Essay

Full comparative essay & AI critique

Crit ACrit BCrit CCrit D

🧠 DDM → 📋 TEEAL Plan → 📝 Essay

📂 Essential Paper 2 Resources

DDM Stages

Comparative PLANE

Comparative TEEAL

Stages of IDEAs

Dichotomy Helper

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🧠 DDM — Thesis Builder (with Question)Crit A

📂 Resources:

DDM Stages

DDM Framework

Stages of IDEAs

Stage 2 → 3 → 4

Yin Yang

Find your opposition

📌 Current Question

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🔍 Deconstruct

💡 e.g., "Trauma = maladaptive responses"

⚖️ Dichotomise

💡 e.g., "Healthy responses vs. maladaptive responses"

🔗 Merge

💡 e.g., "Both texts show that we need to deal with trauma in a healthy way."

📖 DDM — Deconstruct → Dichotomise → Merge

1. Deconstruct: Identify key terms and their connotations (not dictionary definitions).
2. Dichotomise: Create a binary opposition from one connotation.
3. Merge: Synthesise into a thesis that answers the question.
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📋 TEEAL PlanComparative Structure

📂 Resources:

Comparative TEEAL

Style 3 – 100% Comparisons

Comparative PLANE

7 AC Categories

Stages of IDEAs

Stage 2 → 3 → 4

📌 Thesis: No thesis yet. Complete DDM first.

📌 Introduction / Thesis

1️⃣ TEEAL 1

IDEA (Topic Sentence)

ELAB (Text 1)

ELAB (Text 2)

EA Comparison – Effects

Deconstruction (Text 1)

Deconstruction (Text 2)

EA Comparison – Deconstruction

Link

2️⃣ TEEAL 2

IDEA (Topic Sentence)

ELAB (Text 1)

ELAB (Text 2)

EA Comparison – Effects

Deconstruction (Text 1)

Deconstruction (Text 2)

EA Comparison – Deconstruction

Link

🔚 Conclusion

📖 Comparative TEEAL (Style 3 – 100% Comparisons)

TS: Conceptual claim about both texts.
ELAB: Stage 2–4 development for each text.
EA Effects: Shared/different AC and its effect.
Decon 1 & 2: Track 3+ moments of the AC.
EA Compare: Directly compare the deconstructions.
Link: Connect back to thesis.
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📝 Final EssayFull Response

📌 Thesis: No thesis yet. Complete DDM first.

📖 Paper 2 Essay Checklist

✓ DDM thesis in introduction
✓ Comparative TEEAL (Style 3 – 100% comparisons)
✓ Elaborations with Stages 2–4
✓ Deconstruction tracks 3+ moments (movement/journey)
✓ Direct comparison of deconstructions
✓ Link back to thesis
✓ Conclusion synthesises and answers "so what?"
✓ No AI slop phrases
✓ No Plane Method categories in TS or ELAB
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