Love through the ages set texts common mistakes

Common mistakes

• Shakespeare choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Identify the four official Shakespeare choices for Love through the ages. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring analysis vs plot summary.

  Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.

• Shakespeare choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Study the selected play through dramatic methods, historicist context, connections and interpretations. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring diachronic study vs synchronic shared-context study.

  Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.

• Shakespeare choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Keep analysis anchored to the selected play rather than mixing optional Shakespeare texts. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring analysis vs plot summary.

  Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.

• Poetry anthology choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Distinguish the official pre-1900 and post-1900 AQA love-poetry anthologies. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring exam set text vs NEA-eligible text.

  Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.

• Poetry anthology choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Study the selected anthology through representations of love, poetic methods and comparison across poems. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring writer vs narrator, and poet vs speaker.

  Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.

• Poetry anthology choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Use the anthology choice to satisfy the poetry requirement and, where applicable, the pre-1900 requirement. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring exam set text vs NEA-eligible text.

  Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.

• Pre-1900 prose choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Identify the official pre-1900 prose choices in the updated specification. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring exam set text vs NEA-eligible text.

  Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.

• Pre-1900 prose choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Analyse the selected novel through representations of love, prose methods, context and interpretations. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring exam set text vs NEA-eligible text.

  Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.

• Pre-1900 prose choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Compare the selected prose text directly with the chosen poetry text. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring exam set text vs NEA-eligible text.

  Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.

• Later prose choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Identify the official later prose choices for Love through the ages. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring analysis vs plot summary.

  Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.