Castilla y León PAU Dramatic Literature study plan

Distinguish tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy and drama by writing one-sentence definitions plus one canonical example each, without consulting notes

Build a personal glossary of at least 25 dramatic terms (anagnorisis, peripeteia, hamartia, catharsis, aside, soliloquy, dramatic irony, denouement, climax, act/scene, stage direction, diegesis vs mimesis) with a definition and one concrete use in a play

Explain in writing the difference between dramatic text and performance text, naming at least three elements that exist only in staging

Classify five short passages as dialogue, monologue, soliloquy or aside and justify each choice in two lines

Map the internal structure of a play (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) onto a diagram of at least 6 labelled points

Analyse how time is handled in a play: chronological vs fragmented, real time vs dramatic time, use of ellipsis and flashback, with named examples

Analyse dramatic space: visible set, offstage space, imagined space, and how each shapes what the audience knows

Characterise three characters by what they say, what others say about them, and what they do, separating the three sources of evidence

Identify at least five linguistic registers or stylistic devices in a dramatic excerpt (verse/prose shifts, stichomythia, repetition, silence, deixis)

Read the set work in full once for plot and once for structure, annotating each act's function

Write three timed commentaries of 45 minutes on three different excerpts, each following the same skeleton: locate, summarise, analyse form and language, interpret

Quote at least 15 short passages accurately from memory-checked text and attach a one-line analytical use to each

Practise linking an excerpt to the whole work without retelling the plot, in no more than three sentences

Write two full essay answers of 400-500 words on themes of the set work, each with a thesis, three developed arguments and textual evidence

Analyse the dramatic technique of the set work: use of offstage action, pacing, irony, chorus or confidant, and stagecraft, citing specific moments

Compare two characters in the set work in terms of function in the plot and function in the theme

Self-mark one commentary against a criteria checklist (accuracy, structure, evidence, expression) and list three concrete weaknesses to fix

Place the set work in its literary period, naming at least four features of that movement visible in the text

Summarise the author's biography and career in 150 words, keeping only facts that illuminate the play

Explain the social, political or religious context of the work and connect it to at least two specific scenes

Write one essay that integrates context without letting it replace textual analysis

Complete a full mock exam under timed conditions: one commentary and one essay in the official time allocation

Mark the mock against the four domains and record a score per domain

Rewrite the weakest answer in full, applying the corrections identified

Reduce the quote bank to the 10 most versatile quotations and rehearse inserting each into an argument

Draft five essay openings and five conclusions, each under 60 words, using precise critical vocabulary

Edit one previously written answer to remove filler, vague adjectives and plot summary, tracking every cut

Rehearse connectors and cohesion devices for argumentation in Spanish (or the exam language): contrast, consequence, concession, exemplification

Review the glossary and add 10 terms still missing, testing recall by defining each from memory

Sit a second full mock exam, commentary plus essay, under strict timing

Compare the second mock with the first and confirm improvement in at least two domains

Rehearse a 10-minute oral defence of one interpretation to test whether the argument holds without notes

Compile a one-page final revision sheet: structure skeleton, 10 quotes, 5 context facts, 10 key terms