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What is important regarding unseen poetry is that you first understand the poem that is in front of you. The best way to do this is to read over the poem carefully at least two times. Once you have don...

First off, you obviously need to understand these technical concepts in order to use them well. There are plenty of databases online that will define these words and give examples of their usage. But if y...

The examiners are looking for two things from your analysis of a text. Firstly, they want to know that you can identify literary techniques when they are used by the author. Literary techniques dont ha...

You begin with the "P" which is "Point" and here you make a statement. For example, "Cats are the best household pets for young families". 

Then, the first &...

Common methods of quote analysis taught for GCSE-standard essays are similar to PQA (point, quote, analysis), which can be effective - if formulaic. While this works well at lower levels, variation can...