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What are common techniques used to build tension?

Writing about how authors and poets use literary devices and language to create a mood of tension is one of the quintessential, ageless GCSE questions, so I thought it would be useful to look at an iconic pa...
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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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Probabilities: "A bag contains counters that are red, blue, green and yellow. There are 9 red, (3x) blue, (x-5) green and (2x) yellow. If the probability of picking a red at random is 9/100, work out the probability of picking a green."

If there is a total of 100 counters, 9 + (3x) + (x-5) + (2x) = 100. 3x + x + 2x = 100 + 5 - 9 6x = 96 x = 16 Probability of picking green = (16 - 5)/100 = 11/100
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Answered by Charukshi D. • Maths tutor
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Write a literary commentary on the following passage.

This is a typical question asked in English exams as they want to test how well you understand different texts- often poetry, or prose. In tackling an unseen passage, there are several things you need to con...
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What are one religions view on euthanasia. (6 marks)

Roman Catholics disapprove of abortion as they believe in the sanctity of life, they believe that human life has intrinsic value as God man in his image. They also believe that life begins at comception, the...
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