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How do I know what quotations to learn and how do I learn them?

For the first part of this question it is important to think about key themes and characters and group your quotations accordingly. Don't try to learn whole passages. More often than not the shorter, memo...

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Answered by Elizabeth K. English tutor
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What is the Oxford Comma?

It's a hot and heavy controversy in the grammar world! Basically, an Oxford comma is a type of serial comma - which is a comma that separates things in a list. The Oxford comma comes specifically before t...

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Answered by Elizabeth P. English tutor
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Discuss Yeats’ presentation of his disappointment in Ireland in ‘The Fisherman’

Yeats reaches a point of resignation in the second stanza by confirming his envisioned fisherman to be “A man who does not exist, / A man who is but a dream”. The anaphora and the indication of the fisher...

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Answered by Caroline N. English tutor
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Why do I need to learn context when studying English literature?

Literature is hugely influenced by the contexts in which it is written. If someone said a single statement, such as 'I'm so surprised I got a C in my test' you wouldn't be able to understand what they mea...

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Answered by Carla C. English tutor
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What things should I compare about two texts?

The best way to start with a comparison is to the of the 5 W's: who, what, where, when, why. Look at who the text is written for and who it is about, how the writer has written the text, why it was writte...

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Answered by Charlotte W. English tutor
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