Elements of political and social protest writing common mistakes

Common mistakes

• Social commentary and audience response literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Evaluate how political and social protest writing comments on society. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring genre pattern vs fixed feature checklist.

  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.

• Social commentary and audience response literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Analyse representation of society in particular historical periods. 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.

• Social commentary and audience response literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Explain how protest writing invites readers to reflect on their own world. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring genre pattern vs fixed feature checklist.

  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.

• The Handmaid's Tale literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Identify The Handmaid's Tale as an official set-text option. 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.

• The Handmaid's Tale literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Study the text through political and social protest elements and all five assessment objectives. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring genre pattern vs fixed feature checklist.

  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.

• Songs of Innocence and of Experience literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Identify Songs of Innocence and of Experience 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.

  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.

• Songs of Innocence and of Experience literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Study the poems through political and social protest elements and all five assessment objectives. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring genre pattern vs fixed feature checklist.

  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.

• Harvest literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Identify Harvest as an official post-2000 prose option. 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.

• Harvest literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Study the text through political and social protest elements and all five assessment objectives. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring genre pattern vs fixed feature checklist.

  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.

• Hard Times literary-analysis mistake 1

  Treating Identify Hard Times as an official pre-1900 set-text option. 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.