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How would you approach a poetry essay?

It is absolutely imperative that you read the poem through first at least twice. I would suggest that you whisper it to yourself, even in exams, because poetry is a highly experiential literary form and this...
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What should I do with an essay question that's just a quotation?

Let's begin with an example. "What immortal hand or eye, / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?" Hypothetically, this question would be from an A2 examination on William Blake. As is more common at hi...
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The equation of a curve is y = x^2 - 5x. Work out dy/dx

This is an example of differentiation. This can be useful in many concepts, one being finding the gradient of a line or curve at a certain point. To differentiate these types of equations, the rule is to mul...
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Solve 5x + 4 = 14 + x

This question is about rearranging the equation so that we have all the unknown values on one side, and all the known values on the other side.To start, we want to put all the x values on one side, and all t...
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Answered by Venetia L. • Maths tutor
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Simplify (3x^2-x-2)/(x^2-1)

This is an algebraic fraction. There is more than one way of solving this expression, but the simplest is to factorise both the top and the bottom quadratic expressions.Firstly we shall simplify the top expr...
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