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Overall: much better analysis of editing, so keep revising that glossary and keep using it when analyzing extracts in preparation for the exam.
Top tips for improvement:
- Revise Barthes' narrative codes: click here Some of you were not using them accurately, which will lose you marks; get them right.
- Start your essay by outlining what stereotypes you may expect to see of that particular area of representation in the media. (You can do this for EVERY area of representation.)
- Make sure you cover all of the areas of textual analysis (the bullet points). If you need to write about each bullet point separately to ensure you do this, go for it.
- Some of you were not using the guidance about representations of sexuality to inform your knowledge of the stereotypes - instead you were making stereotypes up. You need to revise the stereotypes for each area, so you can pick up RELEVANT examples in the extracts. Use the teaching blogs (the search function), your class notes and your past essays to revise the stereotypes.
It received a mark of 40/50.