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Option 2A WW1 and its aftermath key terms

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Option 2A WW1 and its aftermath

AqaA LevelEnglish Literature APaper 2 Texts in shared contexts

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  • analyse

    analyse is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Analyse representations of combatants, non-combatants and wartime experience.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.

  • representations

    representations is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Conflict and wartime experience. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.

  • nationalism

    nationalism is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Explore recruitment, propaganda, nationalism, pacifism, slaughter and heroism.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.

  • propaganda

    propaganda is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Conflict and wartime experience. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.

  • writers

    writers is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Compare writers in action with writers looking back on conflict.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.

  • action

    action is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Conflict and wartime experience. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.

  • analyse

    analyse is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Analyse political, social, personal and literary legacies of WW1.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.

  • political

    political is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Aftermath and memory. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.

  • generations

    generations is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Compare changing attitudes to conflict across texts and generations.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.

  • changing attitudes

    changing attitudes is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Aftermath and memory. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.

  • evaluate

    evaluate is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Evaluate how peace, memorialisation and retrospective narration shape meaning.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.

  • peace

    peace is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Aftermath and memory. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.

  • official

    official is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Identify the official core prose and drama choices for Option 2A.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.

  • core

    core is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Core prose and drama choices. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.

  • study

    study is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Study the selected core text through methods, shared context, connections and interpretations.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.

  • selected

    selected is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Core prose and drama choices. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.

  • keep

    keep is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Keep the core text used in Section A out of the Section B comparison.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.

  • core

    core is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Core prose and drama choices. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.

  • official

    official is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Identify the two official core poetry choices for Option 2A.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.

  • core

    core is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Core poetry choices. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.

  • analyse

    analyse is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Analyse anthology selection, poetic methods, voices and perspectives on war.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.

  • anthology

    anthology is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Core poetry choices. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.

  • connect

    connect is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Connect individual poems to the wider shared context without treating the anthology as one voice.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.

  • individual

    individual is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Core poetry choices. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.

  • comparative prose

    comparative prose is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Identify the official comparative prose choices for Option 2A.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.

  • Comparative prose choices

    Comparative prose choices is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Comparative prose choices. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.

  • All Quiet

    All Quiet is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Apply the specified Brian Murdoch translation when studying All Quiet on the Western Front.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.

  • Comparative prose choices

    Comparative prose choices is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Comparative prose choices. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.

  • check

    check is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Check genre and post-2000 requirements when constructing a valid text combination.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.

  • genre

    genre is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Comparative prose choices. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.

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