GCSE Reading Analysis: Non-Fiction
Comparison is the hardest question on Paper 2
Paper 2 asks you to read two non-fiction sources and, eventually, compare them directly. The single biggest mistake is treating this as two separate mini-essays sitting next to each other rather than a genuine comparison, woven together from the first sentence.
This guide covers retrieval and analysis for non-fiction extracts, then builds the comparison skill specifically, with the phrases and structures that keep two sources genuinely connected throughout an answer rather than discussed in isolation.
Non-fiction reading, built for genuine comparison
Retrieval and language analysis skills specific to non-fiction extracts.
Viewpoint and perspective: identifying a writer’s angle and how it’s constructed.
The comparison method: integrating two sources throughout, not separately.
A bank of comparison phrases and linking language ready to use in the exam.
Grade 5, 7, and 9 model comparison answers on the same pair of sources.
Everything in this guide
- Retrieval and analysis skills for non-fiction reading
- Viewpoint and perspective, explained and practised
- The comparison method: integrated, not separate
- A ready-to-use bank of comparison phrases
- Grade 5, 7, and 9 model comparison answers
Reading Analysis: Non-Fiction
- Retrieval and analysis for non-fiction extracts
- The comparison method, integrated not separate
- A ready-to-use comparison phrase bank
- Grade 5, 7, and 9 model answers
