Exam-style question
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Which revision check best protects the boundary writer vs narrator, and poet vs speaker? 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
Check that every claim remains tied to the approved option, 2027 text list, supplied passage where relevant, and evidence from the text being analysed. This is correct because the response must preserve writer vs narrator, and poet vs speaker and the recorded option and specification-version boundaries.
It supports the approved objective "Identify The Rime of the Ancient Mariner as an official pre-1900 poetry option." while avoiding invented quotations, plot summary, option mixing and unsupported interpretation.
Common mistake
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner literary-analysis mistake 1
Treating Identify The Rime of the Ancient Mariner as an official pre-1900 poetry option. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring writer vs narrator, and poet vs speaker.
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.