​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​ using the novels ?Never Let Me Go? by Kazuo Ishiguro and ?The Handmaid?s Tale? by Margret Atwood – The essay should: * apply literary reading skills to two chosen texts. * engage in wider reading, and apply research and study skills to the chosen literature. * show knowledge and understanding of a variety of strategies for reading texts, including reading for detail of how writers use and adapt language, form and structure in texts ? show knowledge and understanding of ways to interpret and evaluate texts independently and in response to interpretations by different readers ? show knowledge and understanding of the contexts in which texts have been produced and received and understanding of how these contexts influence meaning ? show knowledge and understanding of a range of literary texts and make connections and explore the relationships between texts ? show knowledge and understanding of the ways texts can be grouped and linked to inform interpretation ? identify and explore how attitudes and values are expressed in texts ? communicate fluently, accurately and effectively their knowledge, understanding and evaluation of texts ? use literary critical concepts and terminology with understanding and discriminatio​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​n ? make appropriate use of the conventions of writing in literary studies, referring accurately and appropriately to texts and sources ? make connections and explore the relationships between texts. The essay should show critical and evaluative application: – Present a critical evaluative argument with sustained textual examples. Evaluate the effects of literary features with sophisticated use of concepts and terminology. Use sophisticated structure and expression. ? Exhibit a critical evaluation of the ways meanings are shaped. Evaluate the effects of literary features and shows a sophisticated understanding of the writer’s craft. ? Present a sophisticated evaluation and appreciation of significance and influence of contextual factors. Make sophisticated links between text and contexts. ? Evaluates connections between texts. Exhibits a sophisticated connective approach with exemplification. ? Applies a sustained evaluation of different interpretations of texts. This is cogent and supported by sophisticated use of application of alternative interpretations to illuminate own critical position. I will attach wider reading and info/sites that may be of use, along with an additional overall checklist for the es​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​say