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Showing awareness of critical response to texts is an important marking criteria for English exams - showing you have considered a range of critical opinions is a brilliant way to push your essays into th...

Firstly, do you need to include critical viewpoints? Is the question inviting you to read a text closely, or engage in a broader analysis of the text as a whole. If the question falls along the lines of t...

It is important to take a little time - around 5-10 minutes depending on the length of the exam - to sketch out your argument, making sure to cover all of the AO's. Remember to include the broader histori...

English essays can largely follow a basic framework, depending on the type of question you are answering. If you are comparing two books you can break down the essay into; introduction, first book, second...

What is particularly striking in Chapter 9 of "The God of Small Things" is Arundhati Roy’s narrative technique. She tells the story by merging several different, discernible voices, providing th...