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Firstly it's important to bear in mind that an examiner is looking for something quite different when you're analysing an unseen text as compared to a text you have been studying in class. Things like contex...

Remembering that their families - Motague and Capulet - were feuding, Friar Laurence agreed to marry the two teenagers in the hope that the families would make amends on the account that the youngest of thei...

When asked a question based on a text you have studied that includes an extract in the exam, the response will always be in the form of an essay. You will be expected to make clear, concise points, supported...

There are many different ways in which a semicolon can be used. The first, and the most common is to link two similar clauses together. For example, you could say, 'The lady had a cat. The cat was brown', bu...

Setting is a common technique used by authors to create an image in a reader's mind. Ask yourself the question, if I was in the setting that has been described by this author: 'what would I expect to see the...