Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Which is the lit. exam that we do first- poems or the books?
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Touching the Void- Useful quotations for GCSE English Literature
Page 53- symbolism- “As if, in some way, the nature of the game was controlling me towards a logical but frightening conclusion.” The ‘game’ metaphor appears when the climbers reach the summit, and supports the idea that climbing and the risks of it are an addiction for Joe and Simon. Also suggests that there is…
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Creative Writing Complete- newspaper article on advert
Creative Writing Dancing livestock? Laughing-stock! Who’s seen Three’s latest advert? The advert with the horse prancing around to the sound of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Everywhere’ on top of an graphically touched up cliff top. Your opinions? Hilarious, I’m sure. But have you even considered what it took for them to make that happen? Forcing a beautiful…
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Creative writing article
Creative Writing Dancing livestock? Laughing-stock! Who’s seen Three’s latest advert? The one with the horse moonwalking to the sound of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Everywhere’. Your opinions? Hilarious, I’m sure. But have you even considered what it took for them to make that happen? Forcing a beautiful Shetland pony such as that to do something unnatural such…
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Creative writing preparation
Dancing ponies. Amusing animals. Clichéd, no? These animal ‘jokes’ turn graceful livestock into laughingstock. Cruelty to animals.
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Broken dreams in of mice and men, gcse controlled assessment.
“He ain’t no good to you candy, he ain’t no good to anyone!” Steinbeck employs foreshadowing here to show the key theme of broken dreams. ” but not us! An why? Because…because I got you to look after me and you got you to look after me, that’s why! Steinbeck uses adjacency pairs and rhetorical…
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Of Mice and Men Controlled Assessment
Have a go at assessing your last Controlled Assessment against the AQA criteria
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How have extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WW1 poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text onstage, on screen and in the classroom? GCSE Controlled Assessment Final piece
How have extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WW1 poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text on stage, on screen and in the classroom? Extremes of emotions are a vital part to any text, whether it is a play or poem. There are many emotions to be…
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Of mice and men- the destruction of dreams. Notes for gcse controlled assessments
dreams George and Lenny pg 15 – having a house Crooks pg 86 – wanting to join their house Pg 88 Curly’s Wife – wanting to be an actor Pg 100 Curly’s wife – meeting a guy Destruction of dreams Crooks pg 83 – you’re nuts Crooks pg 94 – retracts offer Curly’s wife pg…
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How have extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WW1 poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text onstage, on screen and in the classroom? GCSE Controlled Assessment Day 5
How have extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WW1 poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text onstage, on screen and in the classroom? Extremes of emotions are a vital part to any text, whether it is a novel, play or poem. There are many emotions…
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