AO2: analyse the language, form and structure used by the writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.

Common trap

The Merchant of Venice: confusing language vs form vs structure: Keep language vs form vs structure clear. Make a claim, use brief textual evidence, analyse the writer's method and explain how it shapes meaning, context, theme, character or comparison. Text-specific focus: The Merchant of Venice is not interchangeable with the other 8702 texts. For this Shakespeare response, anchor the paragraph in justice and mercy, then use brief textual evidence to explain how the writer develops prejudice. A useful The Merchant of Venice answer can contrast contracts with wealth, because that gives the analysis a text-specific line of argument instead of a reusable AO paragraph. Method work should notice how language, form or structure frames dramatic conflict. Context should be used only when it clarifies interpretation, reader response or audience response. When comparison is relevant, compare both texts or poems directly: whereas one detail may suggest justice, another may reveal mercy or prejudice. Keep the vocabulary exact: character, speaker, narrator, writer, poet and playwright are not the same role, and the evidence must be explained after it is selected.