Analysez les méthodes utilisés par le dramaturge que vous avez étudié pour atteindre ses objectifs. A votre avis, dans quelle mesure est-ce qu’il atteint ces objectifs ? (AQA, Using example text of 'Le Mariage de Figaro')

We want to come up with a detailed plan to answer this questions in a way that earns the maximum marks available. Firstly, we have to break down what the question is asking of us. We can do this by looking carefully at the language used. A good place to start is to consider: what are the objectives being talked about? These might be to entertain and to educate or inform his audience. From here we can look back at the beginning of the question, which asks us to analyse the methods he uses to achieve these objectives. So now we know that all our points must explain how our chosen methods enable him to achieve this to gain the highest marks. Analyse also suggests that we must include a higher level of detailed literary analysis. By this, what is meant is that we have to use the language of the text to demonstrate and support our points. Finally, we have to express an opinion of our own on whether the playwright is successful in this, which we can do by using trigger phrases such as 'Moi, je crois que', or 'A mon avis/Personellement, je ne crois pas que (+subj)' for extra credit. So we have a basic structure for our essay: Introduction; Method - Point, Explain how this achieves one of the two objectives using detailed literary analysis, Personal Opinion on degree of success (and then repeat 3-6 times depending on length of paragraphs); Conclusion - bringing together all these in brief summary with personal opinion. This should cover the content marks and now we should consider Accuracy, Range of Vocabulary and Language Complexity to increase our marks. So we should consider key vocabulary for the text and key phrases for essay writing (would bring these up during tutorial to keep answer here brief).