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How would you approach a critical commentary of an extract of a text?

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...

KB
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I'm really struggling to revise for my English Literature G.C.S.E - do you have any tips?

The first and most important thing is to know your texts inside out. Read and reread again the novels, plays and poetry that you are studying for your exam. Don't be afraid to annotate your books, writing...

SH
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How can I get a better grade in the exam?

Better grades at English literature A level can be attained by hitting all the criteria for marking. Usually this involves including context- when was the text written and what was happening at the time, ...

JD
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To what extent can we think of prose poetry as 'poetic'?

The admission of prose into the poetic pantheon has been hotly debated. It is fitting that Charles Baudelaire's seminal prose poetry collection 'Le Spleen de Paris' (1869), was published posthumously, ush...

PA
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How many hours revision should I do between now and my exam? Can I have help coming up with a plan?

Let’s break this down. Let’s look at how much time you have before the exam and work out something manageable, because overwhelming yourself with too much revision can be counter productive. 


RM
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