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People often say you can’t revise for English. I know that isn’t true, but it seems really hard – you can’t just learn loads of vocab, or long lists of equations. What’s a good way to revise English efficiently?

In an English exam you can’t just rattle off everything you know and expect to get marks. You need to be able put your knowledge to work on the question at hand if you want to get the best possible grade....

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Answered by Samuel H. English tutor
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How can I best prepare for an English Literature exam?

The best way to prepare for an English exam is (having read the texts) to explore the themes within the text, as these are likely to form the basis of the exam questions and it will also give you a more t...

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Answered by Kathryn E. English tutor
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How do I structure a comparative essay?

My preferred way to go about structuring a comparative essay (an essay which asks you to compare aspects from two or more texts) is called the "ping-pong approach", because essentially what you ...

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Answered by Rhys C. English tutor
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How do you prepare for and answer a comparitive unseen poetry question?

The best way to prepare for an unseen poetry question is to familiarise yourself with common themes, as well as linguistic and structural devices, that you will be able to recognise in any poem you are fa...

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Answered by Reece F. English tutor
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How do I approach an unseen poem or extract in an exam context?

The first thing to prioritise in approaching an unseen piece is to understand what is actually happening in the text at a more basic level, identifying key events and characters. After establishing this, ...

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Answered by Georgia C. English tutor
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