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Mr H · Site Admin Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 459

4. Study Source F and Source G

Use Sources F and G, and your own knowledge, to explain how the War on
Terror has affected individual freedom.
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Links:
Source F
Source G

Mr H · Site Admin Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 459

Comprehension in Context

These questions require you to understand what a source tells us about a
person or situation and then link it with knowledge you already have
which is also relevant to the question.

Comprehension in context questions usually look something like this:

Use Source A and Source B and your own knowledge to explain ……….

How does Source A help you to understand …..? Use the source and
your own knowledge to explain.

1) Firstly study the source or sources - what does it tell you? Go through
the same process as you would for a straight forward comprehension
question, looking for inferences as well as the obvious.

2) Then think about what else you know about the particular issue. If it
is relevant and it would help you to understand the source better
include it in your answer.

3) You should now be aware of what the source is telling you and what
your background knowledge is. However it is not enough to just
write down this is what the source tells me….., and this is what I know …
To gain maximum marks you need to link your knowledge with the
information in the source.

4) Linking what you already know to what the source is telling you
creates a very good answer. Make sure it is written in a sensible way.

Mr H · Site Admin Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 459

• If a question asks you to use the source and your own
knowledge then you must use both.

• Start with the source and then add in what you can remember
which will help you to understand the source better.

• Your own knowledge must be relevant to the question, keep
referring to the question in your answer to keep you focussed.

• Do not start writing about the usefulness or reliability of
sources in comprehension in context questions, it will gain you
nothing.

• Do not paraphrase the source.