by melaniewp | Apr 21, 2013 | Cambridge, Exam Essays, IGCSE, Model Essays, Poetry, Summer Farm, The Cockroach
Question set:Explore how both poems deal with the theme of Identity.It’s hard to figure out what is meant by the word ‘identity’, but it can be summed up in these poems as ‘thinking about the meaning of life, sense of self, life as a journey,...
by melaniewp | Apr 20, 2013 | GCSE, How to Write an Essay, IGCSE, Love, Poetry, Romeo and Juliet
Yay! It’s everyone’s favourite activity: essay-writing! This post will focus on how to write the introduction, and make sure that when you start laying down track, it takes you where you want to go. When you’re done, check out this post to...
by melaniewp | Apr 18, 2013 | 11+, A-Level, Common Entrance, GCSE, How to Write an Essay, IGCSE, KS3
A student explained today that she had a problem. Maybe it’s one that you have too. When writing about a text – novel or poem, or play, she kept repeating the phrase ‘this creates a feel of’, or ‘this suggests’.We figured out there...
by melaniewp | Apr 18, 2013 | Birthday, Christina Rosetti, Edexcel Lnguage Anthology, Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, Poetry
Essay TitleIn ‘Remember’, how does Christina Rossetti use language and structure to get across the theme?On the surface, ‘Remember’ is all about death. The poem is written in the second person, evoking a relationship of some kind – of ‘you’ and ‘me’. But is ‘me’...
by melaniewp | Apr 18, 2013 | Edexcel Language Anthology, Exam Essays, IGCSE, Model Essays
This essay comes to you thanks to Sofia, who wrote this beautiful, super detailed analysis of one of the most boring texts in the Anthology. Thanks, Sofia!Essay Title:How does the writer use presentational features, structure and language to create an effect on the...
by melaniewp | Apr 18, 2013 | Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, Poetry
This is the start of an essay, using STILTS to analyse Alice Walker’s poem about her father.Essay Question:How does the writer uses language and structure to get across the theme of the poem?The first paragraph explains the SUBJECT thoroughly, then a brief bit...
