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A lot of students analyse individual poems in an exam essay but what puts you in the highest bands and helps you to achieve higher marks is the way you compare and contrast the poems. It's important to lo...

A determiner is a grammatical word that introduces a noun. For example, a, the, many, every etc. Determiners a/an are called indefinite articles, which means that there is no definite reference to what th...

Grey.
Callous grey clouds loomed above me, swirling through the heavens above. They dove behind roughened buildings, blackened by years of industrial abuse, before darting out, whilst another jealous...

Underline key words, ie. if the question is 'What is the significance of women in Of Mice and Men?' you would underline 'what', 'significance', 'women' and 'Of Mice and Men'. This allows you to k...

In the above passage, Shakespeare captures the dedication Mercutio feels for Romeo. Mercutio's aggression towards Tybalt demonstrates the rage he feels when Romeo is insulted. Shakespeare emphasises Mercu...