How do you incorporate critical views to make a high-level (A/A*) response?

Read around the subject leading up to the exam, you should try to find critical essays about the texts/ authors/ context of the possible questionsHighlight short critical quotes that are versatile to many questions e.g. CS Lewis: “Through giving Adam the fruit, Eve commits murder”. This is an adaptable quote which can be used to support your line of argument in many different types of questions on Milton's Paradise LostBefore revising, you should make a quote bank with around 20 critical views per text and then learn them all before the examYou should incorporate one critical view + per paragraph, using a Point, evidence (normal quote from the text), analysis, critical view, link to question/ comparison structure

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