Top answers

English
GCSE

What's the difference between explicit and implicit meaning?

Explicit = obvious meaning. Implicit = unobvious meaning. So if something was explicit in a text, it means that the information is clearly stated for you. E.g. Josh w...

Answered by Sophie H. English tutor
15500 Views

Do I need to memorise lots of quotations for my AQA English exam?

For your AQA English exam, you are assessed on four key categories. Each of these categories is called an ‘Assessment Objective’ - an AO. The first of these AOs, AO1, is to ‘read, understand and respond t...

Answered by Lauren H. English tutor
2985 Views

What is a sonnet?

Hstorical context: Sonnets (meaning 'little song') are love poems which have a very particular form that was popularised by Dante and Petrarch in Italy in the 1300s. The particular poetic form was brought...

Answered by Cameron W. English tutor
6623 Views

Q: At the end of Seamus Heaney's ‘Digging’, why does the speaker say he is going to dig with his pen?

To understand the ending of this poem, we should keep in mind that the speaker says he is going to dig with his pen and return to the beginning. In between these first and last stanzas, the pen is never m...

Answered by Alexander M. English tutor
2923 Views

In reference to the Dagger Soliloquy in William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', how effective is the playwright's in showing the ambition with in the titular character of Macbeth?

Firstly, the playwright shows the ambition of Macbeth by highlighting the internal conflict that is shown throughout the play. "Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?"...

Answered by James C. English tutor
29733 Views

We're here to help

contact us iconContact usWhatsapp logoMessage us on Whatsapptelephone icon+44 (0) 203 773 6020
Facebook logoInstagram logoLinkedIn logo
Cookie Preferences