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Quick questions on Structuring an evaluative essay - OCR A-Level Drama and Theatre
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What is build each paragraph from point, evidence, evaluation?Show answer
Each body paragraph has the same structure.
What is organise by aspect, not scene order?Show answer
Structure the essay by aspects of the argument or concept, not by the order scenes happen. Grouping evidence under aspects (a theme communicated through performance, then through design; a concept realised in the public scenes, then the private) produces a coherent argument, whereas a chronological tour does not.
What is reach a clear conclusion?Show answer
Close with a clear overall judgement (for an evaluative question, how effectively the production succeeded, weighing successes and weaknesses) or a drawing-together of the production (for a directorial question). A conclusion that commits to a position lifts the essay above one that simply stops.
What is q1?Show answer
How should an extended evaluative essay be organised, and how should it not? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
What three things should each body paragraph contain? [3 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Plan and structure an evaluative response to a live theatre question on how effectively a production communicated a theme. [15 marks]
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