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Introductions are a key way for you to signpost to the examiner what you are going to talk about in the main body of your essay. Whilst they're important and can seem tricky to master, there are a few tic...

Use the mark schemeIt is important to really understand the mark scheme for your particular exam board and qualification to see exactly what they are looking for. Often the mark scheme will include...

To make it easier for you to keep hold of your ideas, you can summarise your points in your introduction. For example, if I was writing an essay about Christmas, I might say; 'In order to explain what Chr...

The very first thing you need to do is purely read it through in order to get an understanding of the poem. I'd recommend not even trying to think too technically at this point, but rather notice what eff...

Using PETAL, Point, Evidence, Technique, Analysis, Link and PEEL paragraphs (Point, Evidence, Explain and Link) you can create paragraphs to answer the given question, after assessing points within these ...