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When provided with a passage, it is important that you focus on a close text analysis of the exerpt you are provided with rather than trying to write as much as you know about the studied piece (regardles...

First of all before sitting an exam practice not only writing essays, but also writing plans. A good plan should be detailed and you can take 10 minutes at the start of your exam to make a thorough plan s...

When writing an essay, it is imperative that you close read quotations from the set text you are studying. However, this can be tricky- particurarly if you are not familiar with poetic devices, rhetoric a...

What most examination boards are looking for to in order to get those top grades is: context, analysis and argumentation.

Context- read about the history...

Good question! The first place to start is to read through your marking criteria long before you start essay writing (and ideally early on in the year!) - this is what your examiner will have and will ...