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Antithesis is a literary device, quite similar to juxtaposition. But more explicitly, antithesis is the use of two opposites used in the same sentence to emphasise the contrasting effect. For example, 'Yo...

Remember to always structure your essay as Point Evidence Explain.For example:(Point:)In The History Boys, the playwright Alan Bennet uses the characters of Hector, Irwin and the Headmaster to portray jux...

'Find dy/dx' means it wants us to differentiate. The rules for this are multiply the coefficient (number before x) by the current power, then decrease the power by 1.In this example:5x³ would b...

Rearrange the expression to create a familiar function with a known differencial: arcos(x)=y x= cos(y) Differenciate x with respect to y: dx/dy= -sin(y) We know that dy/dx= 1/(dx/dy), so rearange to find ...

A question which blights both GCSE and A Level students and becomes particularly relevant when doing translation work. The imperfect tense refers to actions that took place over a l...