Section A: Common Errors

·         Most notes taken did not follow the way I suggested – this will ensure you always refer to the impact on the macro and keep your sentences precise

·         Lack of terminology – protagonist/antagonists/verisimilitude/ realism/ diagesis/ sound terminology; diagetic/ connotations/ editing… etc

·         Too much waffling

·         Too long opening paragraphs outlining what you were going to do; waste of time

·         Many opening paragraphs did not state if the representations were stereotypical

·         Not enough specific examples from the extract

·         Too much discussion about how immigrants are treated in society – great to refer to this but only very briefly

·         Arguments were not strong enough as the impact on the macro was often forgotten – how did each example your offering create meaning – audience, genre, narrative, representation

·         Hardly any reference to Binary Oppositions, Todrov’s narrative theory

·         Balance between micro elements was nowhere evenly discussed 

·         Limited reference to the revision session and terminology we did the lesson before the exam

·         Not all micro covered as evenly as they could have been – limited editing analysis (should have considered what we did during the revision lesson)