by melaniewp | Jul 4, 2013 | comparative, Rhetoric, superlative, Technical Terms
There’s big, then there’s bigger, and biggest. These words have names.Bigger = comparative. It compares one thing to another. Smaller, is also a comparative and so is the word ‘less’. ‘More’ is also a comparative.Examples of the...
by melaniewp | Jul 4, 2013 | AQA, ENG1H, English Language Exam, GCSE, Question 3, Thoughts and Feelings
Explain some of the thoughts and feelings that the writer has on her journey?The writer’s mood is initially positive, stressing the sensory beauty of the desert at night. Unusually, she seems to ‘love’ the ‘vast’, bare open spaces,...
by melaniewp | Jul 4, 2013 | Creative Writing, English, GCSE
Your teacher’s just told you to write a description of a place you’re familiar with. Now you’re having nightmares. How can you describe a boring place in an interesting way?Never fear, bag a few of these quality phrases to ‘add more...
by melaniewp | Jul 4, 2013 | AQA, ENG1H, English Language Exam, GCSE, Presentational Features, Question 2
ATeacherWrites.com+ All Paper 1 Resources ENG1HENG1H Question 2 June 2011 Model Answer’Up, up and away – the day that armchair travel really took off’Explain how the the headline and picture are effective and how they link to the text.The...
by melaniewp | Jul 3, 2013 | Apostrophes, Capital Letters, Colon, Full Stops, Punctuation, Punctuation Exercises
Oh no! The Headmaster at Cox Academy for the Criminally Gifted is trying to email parents but has forgotten how to use punctuation! Can you help him?idear mr and mrs bigginsi regret to inform you that some boys have set fire to their form tutors hair here at cox...
