Option 2A WW1 and its aftermath common mistakes

Common mistakes

• Conflict and wartime experience literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Analyse representations of combatants, non-combatants and wartime experience. 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.

• Conflict and wartime experience literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Explore recruitment, propaganda, nationalism, pacifism, slaughter and heroism. 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.

• Conflict and wartime experience literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Compare writers in action with writers looking back on conflict. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring connected comparison vs two separate mini-essays.

  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.

• Aftermath and memory literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Analyse political, social, personal and literary legacies of WW1. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring Paper 2 option 2A vs option 2B.

  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.

• Aftermath and memory literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Compare changing attitudes to conflict across texts and generations. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring connected comparison vs two separate mini-essays.

  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.

• Aftermath and memory literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Evaluate how peace, memorialisation and retrospective narration shape meaning. 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.

• Core prose and drama choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Identify the official core prose and drama choices for Option 2A. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring Paper 2 option 2A vs option 2B.

  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.

• Core prose and drama choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Study the selected core text through methods, shared 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.

• Core prose and drama choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Keep the core text used in Section A out of the Section B comparison. 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.

• Core poetry choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Identify the two official core poetry choices for Option 2A. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring Paper 2 option 2A vs option 2B.

  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.