by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | A2, Angela Carter, AQA Lit B, Model Essays, The Bloody Chamber, The Courtship of Mr Lyon, The Tiger's Bride
Analysis of Angela Carter’s review of the Beauty and the Beast: The Courtship of Mr Lyon and The Tiger’s BrideProfa. M.A. Meyre Ivone Santana da Silva *the text is abridged and cleaned up, as indicated by the brackets.In an interview [with] Anna Katsavos,...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, GCSE, Grammar, IGCSE, Subjunctive
The subjunctive is a type of verb that deals with both 1. possibilities and 2. duties, or obligations. It’s a word that goes in front of the normal verb. For example, the verb ‘eat’ can be coupled up with a whole bunch of subjunctives; the meaning is...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | 11+, AQA, Cambridge, Common Entrance, Creative Writing, Edexcel, GCSE, IGCSE, OCR
This post will show you how to get the highest grades in your Creative writing. Get tips and tricks to make your writing easier, more fun, and more successful.Creative writing is a fair chunk of coursework for IGCSE and controlled assessments. It comes up in the...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Creative Writing, Of Mice and Men, Pathetic Fallacy, Setting
This example of setting, mood and atmosphere is from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, from the final chapter which returns to the setting from the start of the book. The location is Salinas, California.The deep green pool of the Salinas River was still in the...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, GCSE, IGCSE, Metaphors, Similes
Creating similes is as easy as falling off a log. Easier, maybe. So how do you take your creative writing up to the highest grades? By whipping up a few metaphors. First, you’ll need to be familiar with the difference between a simile and a metaphor. What...
