Aspects of tragedy exam tips

Exam tips

• Shakespeare tragedy choices A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to identify Othello and King Lear as the official Shakespeare choices for Aspects of tragedy..

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

• Shakespeare tragedy 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 tragic 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.

• The Great Gatsby A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to identify The Great Gatsby as an official further-text option for Aspects of tragedy..

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

• The Great Gatsby A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to study the text through tragic 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.

• Tess of the D'Urbervilles A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to identify Tess of the D'Urbervilles as an official pre-1900 further-text option for Aspects of tragedy..

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

• Tess of the D'Urbervilles A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to study the text through tragic 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.

• Keats tragedy poems A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to identify the listed Keats poems as an official pre-1900 poetry option for Aspects of tragedy..

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

• Keats tragedy poems A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to study how the selected poems develop and vary tragic aspects across poetry..

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

• Death of a Salesman A-Level Literature exam tip 1

  Open with a debatable literary argument, not a plot summary. Apply this to identify Death of a Salesman as an official drama option for Aspects of tragedy..

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

• Death of a Salesman A-Level Literature exam tip 1

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

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