by melaniewp | Apr 29, 2013 | A View from the Bridge, Arthur Miller, GCSE, IGCSE
‘Tragedy and the Common Man’ is an article written by Arthur Miller in which he explains what he was trying to do in his play, A View from the Bridge. In the essay (which is a bit complicated), Miller explains his view of:- what is tragedy?- what is a...
by melaniewp | Apr 28, 2013 | 11+, Colloquial Language, Common Entrance, GCSE, Give, IGCSE, KS3
What is Colloquial Language?This is another word for everyday language – slang or informal expressions. These are often the hardest to translate if English isn’t your native language. Here are some examples:’give me a hand’ = ‘assist...
by melaniewp | Apr 28, 2013 | Allen Curnow, Cambridge, Continuum, Edwin Muir, Horses, IGCSE
This is a lesson I did with a Cambridge IGCSE student for her anthology Songs of Ourselves where we spoke about Edwin Muir’s ‘Horses’ and Alan Curnow’s ‘Continuum’. Scroll down to get the essay on both poems.This is a horrible pair...
by melaniewp | Apr 25, 2013 | GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, Ozymandias, Poetry, Romantics, Shelley, Sonnets
What do we learn about the character of Ozymandias in this poem?Shelley’s sonnet shows us the great ‘antique’ emperor ‘Ozymandias’ from three different points of view: that of the ‘travellor’, the ‘sculptor’ and the ruler himself, whom we encounter in direct speech in...
by melaniewp | Apr 25, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, GCSE, IGCSE, KS3, Poetry, Technical Terms
PersonificationThis is where things (and animals) are given human qualities or emotions. It is a technique used to create mood in a story. Types are listed in order of usefulness!Add your own examples in the comment box below![1] Non-human things perform human...
by melaniewp | Apr 24, 2013 | Carol Ann Duffy, Exam Essays, GCSE, Havisham, IGCSE, Model Essays, Poetry
Essay Question Set:Explore how relationships are presented in Havisham.In Havisham, we see love gone wrong. Carol Ann Duffy re-imagines Dicken’s eternal Spinster in this dramatic first person monologue where Miss Havisham makes exclamations –...
