by melaniewp | Jun 4, 2013 | AQA, Carol Ann Duffy, GCSE, Medusa, Model Essays, Moon on the Tides, OCR, Poetry
In ‘Medusa’, Carol Ann Duffy creates a personification of jealousy that flickers from mythical re-imagining, through metaphor to a vividly specific instance of ‘Love gone bad.’ The language of the first person narrator is violent, mixing...
by melaniewp | May 21, 2013 | Convergence of the Twain, English Language Exam, GCSE, OCR, Simon Armitage
‘The Convergence of the Twain’ stops time – immediately after the collapse of the twin towers on 9/11. It begins in strange silence, with airy, elegantly formal language – ‘architecture of air’, the alliteration emphasising the open...
by melaniewp | May 16, 2013 | AF Quotes, Animal Farm, GCSE, OCR
Get a quick, easy to use list of quotes to revise for the OCR GCSE English Exam, broken down by chapter to answer questions on character and the major themes – including the corruption of ideals.”Napoleon is always right.” C5‘The tale of confession...
by melaniewp | May 7, 2013 | Exam Essays, GCSE, Model Essays, OCR, Poetry, Simon Armitage, To Poverty
Basic SummaryThis poem is spoken by the poet (perhaps) to ‘poverty’, as if poverty is a person. He seems to have a mixed relationship with it. They go back a long way. The poet speaks in a controlling way at the end, where he commands poverty to come close...
by melaniewp | May 6, 2013 | AQA, Cambridge, Controlled Assessment, Creative Writing, Edexcel, English Language Exam, GCSE, IGCSE, OCR, WJEC
This is a piece I wrote as an example for a student working on the OCR English Language exam. It would work equally well for AQA, WJEC, Edexcel or Cambridge IGCSE as it’s autobiographical. I mean, it isn’t really true as I made it up. But it’s...
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...
