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With essay questions what I usually did was underline what I thought were the key words. For example:How does Shakespeare portray love in sonnet 116? For this question I would underline the words: how, portr...

The term ‘Renaissance’ comes from the French meaning ‘re-birth’, and refers to a renewed interest in classical antiquity in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries (sometimes referred to as the quattrocento an...

Adjectives give more detail about the thing you're describing (the noun). Normally, adjectives answer the following questions:-Which? (The messy bedroom)-What kind of? (A young , playful puppy)-How many? ( T...

The key to essays like this is to unpack the question. Look at what question says, and then at what it wants you to say. These types of essays have a name, they are called “Yes but” essays. So, my advice wou...

Synecdoche is a form of metaphor. It is when you take a part of a thing to stand for the whole thing. Examples: 1) People say ‘wheels’ to mean a whole car – ‘check out my new wheels’ means come and look at m...