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Tone should be one of the first pieces you look for when you get a passage of poetry or prose. Tone isnt always the best descriptor- mood is another way of looking at it. Read the passage 2-3 times and ea...

Ian McEwan and Tennessee Williams weave the theme destruction into the novels ‘Atonement’ and ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by portraying the influence of class and wealth and the injustice it causes. The id...

A discursive essay, like most essays, should begin with an introduction and end with a conclusion. You can either talk about a topic neutrally, showing both the pros and cons, or you can argue for or agai...

Pathetic Fallacy is where the outside world relfects the character's thoughts or feelings. i.e. A storm raged on beyond the vale. This could signify anger or even anxiety.

Well, of course you will have been told about the various style devices of poetry, and what to look out for in studying a poem, but it is true that sometimes breaking a poem down into its component parts ...