Option 2B Modern times common mistakes

Common mistakes

• War, politics and social change literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Analyse literary responses to war, political upheaval, resistance and rebellion after 1945. 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.

• War, politics and social change literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Explore imperial, post-imperial and nationalist contexts through textual evidence. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring literary context vs biography or criticism.

  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.

• War, politics and social change literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Compare how texts construct political change and its consequences. 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.

• Identity and changing structures literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Analyse representations of personal and social identity. 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.

• Identity and changing structures literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Explore changing morality and social structures through gender, class, race and ethnicity. 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.

• Identity and changing structures literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Evaluate how modern and contemporary forms shape responses to these issues. 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 2B. 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 official core poetry choices for Option 2B. 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.