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English Literature
A Level

How many quotations do I have to know for the exam and how should I use them?

There's no set number of quotations that you need to know for the exam and, when it comes to learning them, less is definitely more. It's more important to have a small collection of quotations that you c...

SE
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Comment on how the writer's use of structure, form and language shape meaning (in Edgar Allan Poe's 'Annabel Lee')

In ‘Annabel Lee’ by Edgar Allan Poe, structure is played off against language. A morbid narrative – the death of a young girl, with whom the poet is clearly infatuated – is penned in lines of verse that b...

JK
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Where do I start with a poem like Ezra Pound's 'In A Station of the Metro'?

When faced with a poem that challenges our very conceptions of what 'the poem' should look like, one should feel excitement as opposed to fear. It need hardly be said that Pound's central Imagist poem is ...

DW
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How do you demonstrate wider reading in your exam?

The ‘Reading for Meaning’ question paper of the English Literature A2 exam, has a large emphasis on demonstrating wider reading, as well as being able to analyse unseen texts.

A good way to prepare...

ZR
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How are the dead presented in this anthology? Refer to two or three texts in your answer. (World War One Literature)

The dead are a central focus for war poetry and the notion of death is trivialised throughout the poems in this anthology. Poems such as 'The Soldier' by Rupert Brooke glorify the dead and display the aft...

RD
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