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Often exams are as much about knowing what to leave out of an answer as they are about knowing what to put in. The most important thing is to read the question carefully and then set aside 10 minutes to p...

There are many points of relation between a text and its context, whether these will be identified within the text is dependant on the students knowledge of the context:literary interrelation: a text may ...

Curley’s wife is the only major female character in ‘Of Mice and Men’, and as such, she represents all women in Steinbeck’s novella about the futility of the American Dream. Her lack of identity outside o...

Poetry can be a difficult part of the GCSE curriculum because, in my experience, reading poetry isn't as common as other types of text during secondary school and so it can feel a bit daunting. There are ...

Good descriptive writing allows the reader to feel the story as you do. This may seem a daunting task at first, but taking a scene piece by piece can help you organise your thoughts. The more you understa...