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Using wider reading in unseen exams

By using examples from popular and accessible texts, Luke McBratney demystifies the art of making wider reading references

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Engaging in wider reading is required by all specifications.

Wider reading references are everywhere. Read any review and you’ll see what I mean — more often than not, reviewers develop their responses by referring to texts other than the one under discussion. This article seeks to show you what wider reading references can do by using examples that get it right, before highlighting some of the pitfalls to avoid by showing you an example of getting a wider reading reference wrong.

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