Should my 3 paragraphs in literature essays be in chronological order?

writing in chronological order is good and shows that your essay has a good structure and is coherent, you really shouldn't be darting about through the text. But, if writing in chronological order is not better for answering the question or if your method still allows for your writing to have a good structure and is coherent, then writing in chronological order won't matter too much. as long as your writing is clear and all 3 paragraphs have clear points and topic sentences, then i wouldn't worry too much over it

Im aiming for at least a grade 7 but hopefully above so would writing chronologically give me more marks to make my answer stronger in the actual exam?

My English teacher is advising my class for the GCSE lit papers to write our 3 main points in chronological order, so for each point there should be a beginning, middle and end etc. But the way I write my answer in the exam is I just start off with my strongest point/paragraph and continue from there. Is writing my 3 paragraphs chronologically really beneficial and will it give me more marks in the actual gcse or am I wasting time by trying to think of quotes and points that go in an order?

I will be trying to write chronilogically in the exam but when writing essays on plays ill often find a quote which links to the theme but the character says the quote way far off and later on in the play, and that just defeats the whole coherent structure

I'm not sure I fully understand what you mean by "chronological order" - do you mean presenting paragraphs in order of the narrative of the text?

essentially, yes. basically your thesis statement (aka introduction) where you include 3 MAIN POINTS, these will be your topic sentences, and write 3 paragraphs, one from the beginning, middle, and end in that order, before writing a conclusion. I strongly recommend this because this makes your essay structured, But, you don't have to if it doesn't work for you. You must, however, have 3 main points that are strong and detailed, and as long as you are not darting across the text constantly, like jumping from the end to the beginning to the middle, that will be fine. This is why it is so important to take 5 mins to plan ur answer as well, hope this helps

essentially, yes. basically your thesis statement (aka introduction) where you include 3 MAIN POINTS, these will be your topic sentences, and write 3 paragraphs, one from the beginning, middle, and end in that order, before writing a conclusion. I strongly recommend this because this makes your essay structured, But, you don't have to if it doesn't work for you. You must, however, have 3 main points that are strong and detailed, and as long as you are not darting across the text constantly, like jumping from the end to the beginning to the middle, that will be fine. This is why it is so important to take 5 mins to plan ur answer as well, hope this helps

My English teacher is advising my class for the GCSE lit papers to write our 3 main points in chronological order, so for each point there should be a beginning, middle and end etc. But the way I write my answer in the exam is I just start off with my strongest point/paragraph and continue from there. Is writing my 3 paragraphs chronologically really beneficial and will it give me more marks in the actual gcse or am I wasting time by trying to think of quotes and points that go in an order?