Aspects of comedy exam tips

Exam tips

• Small Island 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 Importance of Being Earnest A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to identify The Importance of Being Earnest 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.

• The Importance of Being Earnest 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.

• AQA comedy poetry anthology A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to identify the AQA English Literature B Poetry anthology for comedy as an official poetry option..

  This protects writer vs narrator, and poet vs speaker, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.

• AQA comedy poetry anthology A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to study how the anthology poems develop and vary comic aspects across periods and voices..

  This protects writer vs narrator, and poet vs speaker, keeps AO1 to AO5 accurate and prevents invented quotations or option mixing.