Qualification and assessment structure common mistakes

Common mistakes

• Plot Summary Over Analysis

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

  Fix itFocus on how the author uses literary devices to convey deeper meanings.

• 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.

• Confusing narrator with author

  Students often conflate the narrator's perspective with the author's personal views.

  Fix itRemember that the narrator is a character or voice within the text, while the author is the real person who writes it.

• Overlooking Context

  Failing to connect the text's themes to its historical or social context.

  Fix itAlways consider how the context influences the author's choices and the text's meaning.

• Plot summary instead of analysis

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

  Fix itFocus on how the author conveys themes through character development, symbolism, and narrative style.