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Example Introduction: In his poetry, Philip Larkin is typically cynical of religion, displayed particularly in ‘Water’ and ‘Faith Healing’. As a strict atheist, Larkin consistently devalu...

First, make sure you know all the AOs for your exam board. AQA’s are as follows:

AO1: Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an inf...

At the beginning of Act 1, Sherriff uses comedy as a conversational device. When Osborne enters the dugout for the first time he meets Hardy, another officer, who is in the process of drying his sock by c...

First I would encourage a student to consider the historical/literary/autobiographical context or literary form and techniques, among other areas of comparison, pertaining to each text. I would then ask t...

A critical commentary is a close reading of a passage of a text. You will need to explain the main features of the passage and analyse the kind of effect it creates. It can be helpful to think of a critic...