Exam-style question
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Which revision check best protects the boundary genre pattern vs fixed feature checklist? Focus: AO1 argument, terminology and expression.
- A.Check that every claim remains tied to the approved option, 2027 text list, supplied passage where relevant, and evidence from the text being analysed.
- B.Mix option 1A and 1B texts whenever they share a broad theme.
- C.Use prepared set-text quotations in an unseen response even when they are not in the passage.
- D.Treat an unsupported interpretation as valid because literary readings are subjective.
Model answer
What a good answer should say
- The correct answer is Check that every claim remains tied to the approved option, 2027 text list, supplied passage where relevant, and evidence from the text being analysed.
Explanation
Why this works
The response must preserve genre pattern vs fixed feature checklist and the recorded option and specification-version boundaries. It supports the approved objective "Analyse how a tragic protagonist is flawed, suffers and causes suffering to others." while avoiding invented quotations, plot summary, option mixing and unsupported interpretation.
Common mistake
Tragic protagonists, villains and victims literary-analysis mistake 1
Treating Analyse how a tragic protagonist is flawed, suffers and causes suffering to others. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring analysis vs plot summary.
Make 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.