Option 2B Modern times common mistakes

Common mistakes

• Confusing authorial intent with character perspective

  Students often attribute the views of a character directly to the author, failing to recognize the distinction.

  Fix itAlways analyze the character's perspective as separate from the author's intent, considering how the narrative voice shapes the story.

• Overgeneralizing themes

  Students often make broad statements about themes without supporting them with specific textual evidence.

  Fix itAlways anchor your thematic analysis in direct quotes or detailed references to the text.

• Overgeneralizing Themes

  Students often make broad statements about political change without supporting evidence from the text.

  Fix itAlways anchor your claims in specific examples and quotations from the texts to substantiate your analysis.

• Overgeneralizing Themes

  Students often make broad statements about identity without supporting them with textual evidence.

  Fix itAlways back up claims about identity with specific examples from the text to strengthen your analysis.

• Overgeneralizing Themes

  Students often state broad themes without specific textual evidence.

  Fix itAlways support thematic statements with direct quotes or detailed examples from the text.

• Overgeneralizing Themes

  Students often make broad statements about identity without supporting them with specific textual evidence.

  Fix itAlways back up claims with direct quotes or detailed references to the text.

• Overlooking context

  Failing to connect the text to its historical and cultural context.

  Fix itAlways consider how the context influences themes, characters, and narrative style.

• Over-reliance on plot summary

  Students often summarize the plot instead of analyzing themes and techniques.

  Fix itFocus on specific literary devices and their effects on the text's meaning.

• Over-reliance on plot summary

  Students often summarize the plot instead of analyzing themes and techniques.

  Fix itFocus on analyzing specific passages and how they contribute to the overall meaning of the text.

• Overlooking context in analysis

  Failing to connect the poem's themes with the historical or social context in which it was written.

  Fix itAlways consider how the poet's background and the time period influence the themes and style of the poem.