Only answer the question under the genre you have studied
Make sure you divide your time carefully between choosing an essay, planning, writing and editing the essay
I suggest 10 - 15 minutes planning, 40 - 45 minutes writing, 5 - 10 minutes planning
It is vital that you adopt a formal academic register - avoid, slang, cliches, contractions. Always write using full comparative analytical paragraphs.
There are a number of ways of structuring this kind of essay. Youi should adopt a structure that is suitable for you.
Here are to popular compartive essay structures
- Either - write a series of paragraphs on text (a) that address the question you are answering. Then write a corresponding series of paragraphs on text (b), making explicit comparative or contrasting links between the texts.
- Or - write a series of comparative paragraphs making a point that addresses the essay question from text (a), support it with evidence and commentary on the quotation. Then make a corresponding point from text (b), support it with evidence and commentary. Make a comparative or contrasting statement. Then move on to the next comparative / contrasting paragraph.
Make sure that your essay addresses dramatic conventions. You will do this when you refer to the set, props, stage directions, costumes, lighting, music, sound effects and performance and interpretation.
Using youtube or videos of the plays you are studying make observations about the ways a scene is portrayed on the screen.
You must really know the plays well.
