really quick section C question

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so my teacher has told me under no circumstances should I offer a comparison of the two articles in my essay, but upon reading examiners reports and other peoples essays it looks like I am allowed to do that?
He has basically told me there is no conclusion, I just finish analysing the final argument of the second article and leave it there, but that makes no sense to me at all.

i was just wondering, is it okay for me to add a conclusion sort of wrap up paragraph, just to really briefly like outline the tone/techniques of each author, and then move on?? or just ignore it and don't do any comparison at all x

It's so late to be asking this, but my teacher has been 100% adamant that theres no comparison so it didn't really bother me until just now. also can I compare within paragraphs (just like "in contrast to Bob's more emotive language choices, Steve uses factual statistics to blah blah..")?

thank you

[Lear]

You should not centre your essay around comparing, but I believe it is okay (although not required for a 10/10 and not helpful towards your score) to include some comparison if it just feels natural to you. Remember you are trying to show the examiner your ability to analyse argument and if you feel doing a little bit comparison here and there it should be fine. Just don’t write an essay that ‘weaves’ between both texts in every argument.

Personally I never get the opportunity to compare as I analyse texts separately. For example for last year’s exam I had 3 paragraphs on the main piece and one on the other. Hence I really didn’t put myself in a position to compare.

Regarding the conclusion, I am completely taken aback that your teacher thinks an essay shouldn’t have a conclusion. I’m not sure where his thoughts are coming from (perhaps he means a conclusion should be skipped if you are running out of time) but I think you should, if you can, include some sort of conclusion exactly how you described you wanted to.

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so my teacher has told me under no circumstances should I offer a comparison of the two articles in my essay, but upon reading examiners reports and other peoples essays it looks like I am allowed to do that?
He has basically told me there is no conclusion, I just finish analysing the final argument of the second article and leave it there, but that makes no sense to me at all.

i was just wondering, is it okay for me to add a conclusion sort of wrap up paragraph, just to really briefly like outline the tone/techniques of each author, and then move on?? or just ignore it and don't do any comparison at all x

It's so late to be asking this, but my teacher has been 100% adamant that theres no comparison so it didn't really bother me until just now. also can I compare within paragraphs (just like "in contrast to Bob's more emotive language choices, Steve uses factual statistics to blah blah..")?

thank you

Under VCAA's criteria there is no formal requirement to compare. However, you may like to incorporate comparison into your introduction or relevant topic sentences for coherency purposes. For example, "Bitterly refuting [Author X's] idea of [Y], [Author Z] seeks to stress the importance of........"

There is absolutely no harm in having a conclusion at the end. A short, 2 sentence conclusion where you compare the tones and how this helps each author convey their point of view is fine. I'd actually encourage a conclusion for structural reasons. But if you don't have time, there is no stress either!