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You can think of interpretation as what a text is saying, and analysis as how the text is saying what it's saying. If you're getting good marks for interpretation you're probably seeing what the texts is say...

Although unseen poetry can seem daunting, I believe by developing and practising a structured approach, critically analysing unseen poetry will become second nature to the student. I like to emphasise the fa...

Students sometimes feel less prepared to analyse unseen prose than unseen poetry, and there are pros and cons to both, but it’s not as difficult as you might think! On the one hand, you can understand the ba...

An author might use colour to convey a particular mood or emotion. We intuitively associate colours with certain feelings; for example, red is often associated with danger or fear. By using this colour, an a...

Your introduction should briefly set up the parameters of your essay; and touch on the themes and topics that you're going to cover in your essay. It's essentially the tl;dr of your essay, but you have to wr...