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Context is something that is easy to forget to include, but it is really important! Understanding the historical or social context of a piece of writing can give you a lot of clues about the writer's mess...

1. Rearrange y - 3x = 13y = 3x + 13 2. Substitute into x^2 +y^2 = 25x^2 + (3x + 13)^2 = 25 3. Expand bracketx^2 +(9x^2 + 39x +39x +169) = 25 4. Form quadratic equation 10x^2 + 78x + 144 = 0 (Dividing b...

Petrarchan and English sonnets are very similar forms but have a few easy to spot characteristics that let you differentiate between them. The Petrarchan sonnet is the earliest sonnet form and consists of...

In English, the perfect tense always requires the auxiliary verb "to have", but in French, you will need to use either avoir (= "to have") or "être" (= to be). Most verbs wil...

Throughout history, the kind of music people compose, perform and listen to is intrinsically linked to the kinds of lives these people lived. The sheer fact that not much of popular/folk music pre-1850 ha...