Comedy Essay Assignment Outline
Brainstorming: In your notebook, write down comedy movies that you have watched that you feel contain similar
comedic elements to The Importance of Being Earnest.
My comedy movie: ____________________________________________________________________
1. Introductory Paragraph
a. Hook: Write something about how new comedies contain many elements of classic Victorian era comedy.
b. Brief statement (one sentence?) about the plot of your movie.
c. Brief statement (one sentence?) about the plot of Earnest.
d. Thesis: _________________________________________________ contains similar comedic elements to
Oscar Wilde’s Victorian era satire, The Importance of Being Earnest.
e. Comedic Element 1: ________________________________________
f.
Comedic Element 2: ________________________________________
g. Comedic Element 3: ________________________________________
2. Body Paragraph: Comedic Element 1
a. Topic Sentence: Write about how the element is present in your movie and Earnest.
b. Supporting details/quotes/examples of this element in your movie:
c. Supporting details/quotes/examples of this element in Earnest:
English 10: British Literature
Mr. Ambrose
3. Body Paragraph: Comedic Element 2
a. Topic Sentence: Write about how the element is present in your movie and Earnest.
b. Supporting details/quotes/examples of this element in your movie:
c. Supporting details/quotes/examples of this element in Earnest:
4. Body Paragraph: Comedic Element 3
a. Topic Sentence: Write about how the element is present in your movie and Earnest.
b. Supporting details/quotes/examples of this element in your movie:
c. Supporting details/quotes/examples of this element in Earnest:
5. Concluding Paragraph
a. An interesting restatement of your thesis
b. Some sort of statement about the general influence that Oscar Wilde has on contemporary comedy.
English 10: British Literature
Mr. Ambrose