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Firstly, practice practice practice! The more essays you practice writing to the time constraints of your exam, the more of an idea you'll have as to how much you should be aiming to writ...

If you have read and understood the text you are studying, you will be able to identify key scenes/chapters with that character present. Once you have identified those key scenes, which should be made ...

This is usually what everybody worries about, as everyone can write a great essay if they have 6 hours available, but when it comes to writing an essay that you are completely proud of in 2 hours or le...

Poem analysis has several dimensions to it all of which you need to address in order to write an answer worthy of the top marking band.

The first time you read through the essay try to do...

Read the poem to yourself twice in your head. The first time, try and get the sense of the narrative of the poem (the story it's telling). You can note down literary techniques (things like onomatopoei...