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A good introduction should be clear and to the point, it should include:

- A brief opening sentence that shows the reader the general theme of your essay 

- A thesis stateme...

'Compare and contrast' is the opening to a great many literature questions, from GCSE right through to degree. At A level you'll be expected to not only discern the difference but demonstrate you have ...

An audience is the group of people the writer is addressing. 

There are 3 main purposes for writing: (examples in text messages)

1) To inform: "not coming over tonight....

I strongly advise students to follow the PEEL approach.First you write your point, in a relatively short, focused and simple sentence. You proceed to offer the quote from the text that your point relates ...

We initially have to define and understand key phrases used to analyse text, including metaphors, similies, pathetic fallacy, perconification, symbolism etc. 

We will put th...