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While the passé composé is used to refer to specific past events of interest, the imparfait can loosely be thought of as describing “background information” such as: - States of being and habitual actions: “...

The best way to structure your paragraphs for essays is to use the PEEL method. This stands for Point, Evidence, Explanation and Link. By following this structure not only do you foreground your main point, ...

With essay questions what I usually did was underline what I thought were the key words. For example:How does Shakespeare portray love in sonnet 116? For this question I would underline the words: how, portr...

Hyperbole is just a fancy way of saying "exaggeration". It's the opposite of an understatement. Though you may not have heard the term before, I guarantee you will use a hyperbolic phrase at least ...

Similes and metaphors are both methods of comparing something, in order to describe it in a more imaginative way. With a metaphor, you are simply stating a comparison, e.g.: her eyes were emeralds. Her eyes ...