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First, you should always begin with a brief summary of what the text is about. You need to show that you have understood the text. As you do this, think about what the text is doing; is it satirical, p...

I always found it useful to use the following structure when reading a piece of poetry for the first time, and even after that:

Language - What devices are used and why? For example, does...

To begin with, you can vary your vocabulary and your sentence/paragraph structure. However in the end what makes a piece of writing interesting varies depending on its purpose. So you need to become fa...

In 1932 F. R. Leavis described Prufrock as ‘a complete break with the nineteenth-century tradition, and a new start.’[1] Certainly Prufrock is written in a distinctly modern form. The me...

Sitting down at your desk in the exam hall can be extremely daunting. Months of preparation, cramming and anxiety have lead to this moment and it's natural to feel overwhelmed and panicked. The most im...