by melaniewp | Nov 13, 2013 | 11 plus, 11+, Analysis, Common Entrance, Comprehension, English Literature, Essay, How to Quote, KS2, KS3, PEA, PEE, PQC, R.J. Palacio, Wonder
Learning to analyse a text in detail will hugely raise your grade. Some teachers call this method Point-Evidence-Explain (PEE). Others call it Point-Evidence-Analyse (PEA), or Point-Quote-Comment (PQC). It’s all the same thing. My own paragraphs usually look...
by melaniewp | Nov 13, 2013 | A-Level English, Analysis, Feminism, IB English, Margaret Atwood, Quotes, The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale is a feminist novel but also a criticism of feminsim. To understand it, you need to understand the history of women’s rights. To understand women’s rights, you need to understand human rights,...
by melaniewp | Sep 30, 2013 | Analysis, AQA, English Literature, Exam Essays, GCSE, Susan Hill, The Woman in Black
‘The Funeral of Mrs Drablow’ starts on a positive note. Samuel Daily’s vehicle is as ‘capacious’ and ‘plush’ as anything Kipps has seen ‘in all my life’. In Kipps’ description of the inn, the word ‘capacious’ appears again. Though remote, Crythin Gifford is shown to...
by melaniewp | Sep 23, 2013 | Analysis, GCSE, Setting, Susan Hill, The Woman in Black
Is Crythin Gifford a real place? No. Susan Hill says she imagined the place being anywhere on the East Coast of England between Whitby/Scarborough and the Essex marshes. She does mention ‘Crewe’ but says in an interview that she just put this in...
by melaniewp | Sep 18, 2013 | A-Level English, Analysis, Essays, GCSE, IB, IB English, IB Higher Level English, Margaret Atwood, Model Answers, Model Essays, The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid’s Tale is Margaret Atwood’s dystopic vision of Christianity gone bad. The result is a society that has become a feminist nightmare. Get all A*/Level 7 Notes, essays and context for the novel aimed at A-Level and IB.Essays+ How does Atwood...
