Aspects of comedy exam tips

Exam tips

• Comic protagonists, rivals and society A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to analyse how comic protagonists and rivals create disruption and resolution..

  This protects analysis vs plot summary, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Comic protagonists, rivals and society A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to explore the significance of love interests and marriage in comedy..

  This protects genre pattern vs fixed feature checklist, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Comic protagonists, rivals and society A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to explain how comic texts ridicule society and the behaviour of men and women..

  This protects analysis vs plot summary, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Comic protagonists, rivals and society A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to evaluate how human folly, trickery and gullibility produce comic effects..

  This protects analysis vs plot summary, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Comic devices and character types A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to analyse the use of clowns, exaggeration, stereotypes and pompous attitudes..

  This protects analysis vs plot summary, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Comic devices and character types A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to explore how disguise, escape and discovery contribute to comedy..

  This protects genre pattern vs fixed feature checklist, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Comic devices and character types A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to evaluate how supernatural elements may support or complicate comic resolution..

  This protects analysis vs plot summary, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Comic structure, plotting and language A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to trace movement from disorder to order and from competition to reconciliation..

  This protects analysis vs plot summary, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Comic structure, plotting and language A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to analyse complex plotting and sub-plots in comic texts..

  This protects analysis vs plot summary, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Comic structure, plotting and language A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to explain how wit and linguistic play heighten comedy..

  This protects genre pattern vs fixed feature checklist, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.