Option 2B Modern times common mistakes

Common mistakes

• Comparative drama choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Compare the selected drama directly with the paired prose or poetry text. 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.

• Comparative poetry choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Identify the official comparative 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.

• Comparative poetry choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Analyse individual poems through poetic methods, context and interpretation. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring supported interpretation vs unsupported opinion.

  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.

• Comparative poetry choices literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Avoid treating a collection or poet as a single undifferentiated voice. 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.