Aspects of comedy exam tips

Exam tips

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

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to explore how comedy draws attention to its own conventions..

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

• Shakespeare comedy choices A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to identify The Taming of the Shrew and Twelfth Night as the official Shakespeare choices for Aspects of comedy..

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

• Shakespeare comedy choices A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to study the selected Shakespeare play through comic genre, all five assessment objectives and the Paper 1 question forms..

  This protects connected comparison vs two separate mini-essays, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Emma A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to identify Emma as an official pre-1900 further-text option for Aspects of comedy..

  This protects connected comparison vs two separate mini-essays, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Emma A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to study the text through comic genre and connect it with the selected drama text..

  This protects connected comparison vs two separate mini-essays, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• The Nun's Priest's Tale A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to identify The Nun's Priest's Tale including Prologue and Epilogue as an official pre-1900 option..

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

• The Nun's Priest's Tale A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to study the text through comic genre and connect it with the selected drama text..

  This protects connected comparison vs two separate mini-essays, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• She Stoops to Conquer A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to identify She Stoops to Conquer as an official pre-1900 drama option..

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

• She Stoops to Conquer A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to study the play through comic genre and connect it with the selected Shakespeare comedy..

  This protects connected comparison vs two separate mini-essays, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• Small Island A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to identify Small Island as an official further-text option for Aspects of comedy..

  This protects connected comparison vs two separate mini-essays, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.