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'Othello's virtue and valour ultimately make him admirable.' To what extent to do you agree with this view? (AQA A level English Literature question)

As a Venetian soldier, Othello holds a great deal of valour within his society, despite being an outcast due to his race. However, his virtue and valour are greatly undermined when he is prayed on by Iago, w...
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Answered by Katie I. • English tutor
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What expectations does the writer of the extract from Touching the Void create for the reader? use inference and analysis

The characters in the extract are evidently happy to take risks. They are mountaineers that want to climb 'the unclimbed West Face of Suila Grande' in the Andes in a place with 'no helicopters, no rescue'. T...
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How should you structure an unseen commentary?

There are three main ways to structure an unseen commentary: chronologically, technically and thematically, but I would argue that the latter is the most useful. First read the passage at least twice before ...
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Why do men and women speak differently?

Do men and women really speak differently? If so, why? Let's take a look! Men are from Mars and women are from Venus? Gender difference theory explained: Gender difference theory is modelled on the idea that...
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Read lines 31–42. By referring to both word choice and sentence structure, analyse how the writer creates a negative impression of adults. (4 marks) (Question taken from the 2016 Higher English past paper)

Passage"Of course, it would be naïve to suggest that all teenagers can be as accomplished as Malala. However, there is, in fact, considerable evidence that the “unfinished” brain can be pretty good at s...
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