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How can I describe a sentence?

Declaritive - to declare something Imperative - to demand Interrogative - to question, indicated via a question mark '?' Exclamative - to exclaim, indicated via an exclaimation mark '!' Rhetorical question -...
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Answered by Kelly C. • English tutor
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Was Eddie responsible for the tragedy that unfolds in 'A View from the Bridge'?

Set up an essay plan (important to review how to structure an essay and the PEEL format). It can be helpful to create two mind maps at first, one for ideas as to how he is not responsible and another for how...
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Answered by Sophie C. • English tutor
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In Seamus Heaney’s poem ‘Digging’, how does the poet express admiration for his father?

In ‘Digging’, the first poem in Seamus Heaney’s first collection Death of a Naturalist , the poet dramatises the moment he decides to dedicate his life to writing poetry. Exploring the emotionally complex re...
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Answered by Ciarán W. • English tutor
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In the poem Mametz Wood, Owen Sheers explores ideas about conflict. Write about the ways in which Sheers presents conflict in this poem.

Sheers presents conflict through the juxtaposition of images of nature and unnatural warcraft in Mametz Wood. In the second Stanza, Sheers describes the remnants of the soldiers' bodies through the metaphor ...
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Answered by Lauren A. • English tutor
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What are the effect of poetic terms?

Learning objective: to understand and identify the effect of poetic terms. To begin with, I would ask the student to define a: simile; alliteration; and personification (or whichever terms they are finding d...
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Answered by Tom H. • English tutor
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