English A exam practice: Analyse minor characters as mirrors and foils
A novel extract in an empty kitchen uses a minor character to reveal the main character. Choose the focus that best explains the contrast. Use the visual organiser to keep the claim, proof, method, and effect connected. Choose the analytical focus, evidence choice, and technique choice, then select the interpretation that best explains meaning, reader position, audience response, or comparison.
Worked practice: build the analysis
Construct the analysis one move at a time, the way an examiner reads it: focus, evidence, technique, then effect.
Write a full answer
Now write the response in full, in your own words — this is what the exam asks for. The AI marks it on the same moves you built above (focus, evidence, technique, judgement) and gives feedback on reasoning, evidence, and expression.