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How do I go about writing a commentary on an unseen prose?

Unseen writing tasks look at your thought processes. When you are faced with a text that you have never seen before, the best way to show that you understand what is happening is to ask yourself the 5 Ws. Fi...
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Answered by Hannah W. • English tutor
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How do I integrate literary terms into my analysis?

In order to integrate literary terms into an analysis you start by following the PEEL paragraph structure. PEEL stands for Point, Evidence, Effect and Link. Once this has been understood, the literary terms ...
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Answered by Elfi W. • English tutor
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Writers of fiction do not always relate events in chronological order. In at least two works you have studied, explore the effects of telling the story in a non-chronological manner.

Students should demonstrate deep knowledge of the two or three works that they have chosen to compare. They should also respond to the question in a thoughtful manner, recognising the implications of the que...
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Answered by Alex R. • English tutor
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How to "Analyse the given poem for the theme of death by exploring the metaphors and other literary techniques".

Firstly, we would go over the poem and discuss it to make sure we understand the poem. We would then go back to the question and underline the parts of it that are important, for example "death", &...
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Answered by Robine V. • English tutor
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How can I improve my essay structure to achieve a more in-depth analysis?

From past experience, I've found that often what people struggle to get the marks on when writing an essay in English is that they often get comments pointing out that there is too much summarising and not e...
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Answered by Isabella S. • English tutor
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