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Techniques such as P.E.E.L can be used in order to help structure paragraphs in a specific way to help get your point across and expand on the point effectively. P.e.e.l stands for point, evidence, explan...

This is a key skill which confuses a lot of people and really marks out A* candidates. It needn’t be all that difficult and with eight techniques you can have it in the bag. Firstly, try to consider criti...

A metaphor is a technique that compares two (or more) things directly- i.e, without drawing attention to the comparison. For example- ´Claire rubbed her eyes and breathed deeply, her head a storm.´ The au...

When analysing a play, you will need to think slightly differently to when you analyse a poem or piece of prose text. Though the textual analysis remains important, there are additional characteristics to...

To grab your reader's attention, you should begin with a catchy headline (although this may be given to you in the exam). Then your first paragraph should be a quick summary of the event that you're going...