by melaniewp | Mar 24, 2013 | Christina Rosetti, Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Literature, Model Essays, Poetry
Scroll down for the Top Grade analysis of A Birthday, by Christina Rosetti, 1809My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water’d shoot;My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with...
by melaniewp | Mar 24, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, 11 plus, Common Entrance, GCSE, IGCSE, KS2, KS3, Literature, Onomatopoeia, Poetry, Technical Terms, Writing
Onomatopoeia = a word that sounds like what it describes. Crash, bang, thump, boom, bang, hiss, plop, whistle, rustle, are the clearest examples.Can little kids learn it?Of course. Give them felt pens and get them to draw how they think the words should look....
by melaniewp | Mar 22, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, 11 plus, Common Entrance, Creative Writing, GCSE, IGCSE, KS2, KS3, Literature, Pathetic Fallacy, personification, Poetry, Setting, Technical Terms, Writing
Pathetic Fallacy is a technique for creating atmosphere in a story.Emotions are given to setting, objects and / or weather. This often reflects the main character(s)’ mood, or the mood of the book e.g. stormy emotions are externalised in a physical...
by melaniewp | Mar 22, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, 11 plus, Common Entrance, GCSE, KS2, KS3, Literature, Poetry, Semantic Fields, Technical Terms
A semantic field is a group of words that belong together – like sheep in a field. You can find it in a poem, play, novel or any other type of text. Read through and underline words with a similar meaning. For example:[1] cling, possessive, stay > Here,...
by melaniewp | Mar 19, 2013 | Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, OCR, Poetry, Simon Armitage
Brief Summary (scroll down for a top grade analysis)This poem is in the third person, summing up a man’s life from the outside. There is very little emotive language, it’s all clean and without judgement. It reads like a list of the man’s qualities,...
by melaniewp | Mar 19, 2013 | Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, Poetry, Simon Armitage
Basic Meaning: a man talks bitterly to his ex-girlfriend, how it’s no big deal she left. He paints a vivid picture of how he thinks she must see him: like a ‘Kodiak bear’, or a ‘prince’ in an ice palace. This icy image echoes his...
