The impressions under one number
An original account of an invented object-recording exercise.
Seven clay impressions had been placed on the table without labels. Three showed a spiral beside two short bars, so I recorded them under one number. When I traced each design onto a transparent sheet, I noticed that one spiral turned in the opposite direction and that the gaps between the bars were not equal.
The tutor looked at my first record and said that resemblance had been allowed to do the work of proof. I separated the three impressions, described each one individually and noted only that there might be a connection between them.
In this account, what does “resemblance had been allowed to do the work of proof” mean, and what does the narrator's final action show about how their judgement has changed?
528 exam-style questions on WJEC GCSE English Language 3.1 Section A (20%) – Reading, covering 3.1.1 Understanding description, narration and exposition texts, 3.1.2 Range of continuous and non-continuous texts, 3.1.3 Short and extended response question types, and 3.1.4 Editing task at word, sentence and text level. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.