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ENGLISH & ENGLISH LITERATURE

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What is Englishbiz?
Englishbiz is an educational web site created, written and run by an experienced English teacher. It consists of a series of web pages that provide up-to-date help. The focus here is on the skills of analysis and writing, rather than on individual texts. 

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The content of each Englishbiz web page has been carefully researched with your needs in mind. To keep pages concise, some key terms are 'hyperlinked' and appear underlined, bold and blue. Clicking on these links will open a new web page or mini pop-up box that gives extra detail or depth only if needed.

 

 

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STUDY GUIDES FOR GCSE ENGLISH NOVELS & POEMS
links to the very best free study guides for novels and poems

BBC BITESIZE LINK

POETRY GUIDES

HOW TO WRITE YOUR BEST EVER ESSAY
grade boosting tips and tricks - whatever the essay

  GUIDE

HOW TO STUDY A NOVEL OR SHORT STORY
writing about a story? Find out how, here!

  GUIDE

KWIKGUIDE

HOW TO STUDY 'NON-FICTION' & MEDIA TEXTS
ways to boost your non-fiction and media text grades

  GUIDE

HOW TO STUDY A FILM
improve your 'moving image' essays

DOWNLOAD

HOW TO STUDY A PLAY
analyse and write about drama

  GUIDE

HOW TO STUDY OR COMPARE POEMS
write a better poetry essay

  GUIDE

KWIKGUIDE

WRITING THAT ARGUES
write a convincing argument

  GUIDE

KWIKGUIDE

WRITING THAT PERSUADES
write persuasively

  GUIDE

KWIKGUIDE

WRITING THAT DESCRIBES
write a fine description

  GUIDE

KWIKGUIDE

HOW TO WRITE A COMPELLING STORY
write a gripping story

  GUIDE

HOW TO WRITE AN  EFFECTIVE ARTICLE
write a more interesting article

  GUIDE

HOW TO WRITE TO ANALYSE, REVIEW, COMMENT OR EXPLAIN
write a great review, a top explanation or a fine commentary

  GUIDE

HOW TO WRITE TO INFORM
write more informatively

  GUIDE

HOW TO WRITE TO ADVIsE
write the best advice ever!

 GUIDE

HOW TO FIND MORE FREE INTERNET HELP - THE BEST LINKS
links to the very best English revision web sites

  LINK

HOW TO CHOOSE A GREAT BOOK - CLICK HERE
looking for something to read?

GUIDE 

HOW TO USE PUNCTUATION BETTER
a link to a great UK govt guide to punctuation!

LINK

HOW TO SPELL BETTER
helping your spelling skills

  LINK

HOW TO WRITE MORE EFFECTIVELY
helping your writing skills

WEB LINK

WRITE ABOUT A NAMED POET
three poets: Heaney, Blake and Clarke

  GUIDE

WRITE ABOUT A SHAKESPEARE PLAY
writing about Romeo & Juliet

  GUIDE

THE ENGLISHBIZ TEACHER
meet the teacher behind englishbiz

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A FEW POEMS
friends' poems

LINK

Englishbiz Media Studies
useful ways to gain a higher grade

 

ANALYSING TEXTS: SEMIOTICS
how to analyse any media text

GUIDE

 

ANALYSING TEXTS: DOMINANT IDEOLOGIES
how texts reinforce attitudes and values

GUIDE

ANALYSING TEXTS: BINARY OPPOSITION
improve your analysis with this sophisticated technique

GUIDE

 

ANALYSING TEXTS: NARRATIVE
a powerful and subtle way to analyse many media texts

GUIDE

 

 

Englishbiz A-level English Language
useful ways to gain a higher grade

 

ANALYSING TEXTS: ANALYTICAL METHODS
analysing texts the way the examiners want you to!

GUIDE

 

ANALYSING TEXTS: BINARY OPPOSITION
a great way to uncover a text's deeper meanings

GUIDE

 

ANALYSING TEXTS: DOMINANT IDEOLOGIES
a useful technique to create an in-depth analysis of almost any text

GUIDE

 

ANALYSING TEXTS: NARRATIVE
an easily applied skill that creates very subtle analyses

GUIDE

 

ANALYSING TEXTS: GRAMMAR
analyse a text at the level of its grammar

  GUIDE

A TOP A LEVEL ENGLISH LANGUAGE SITE!
an A-level English Language module

WEBSITE

 

 

Englishbiz A-level English Literature
useful ways to gain a higher grade

 

ESSAY WRITING SKILLS
find out just what examiners want to read in your essays

DOWNLOAD

 

ANALYSING TEXTS: BINARY OPPOSITION
a subtle technique that will improve your analysis of many kinds of text

GUIDE

 

ANALYSING TEXTS: DOMINANT IDEOLOGIES
a useful technique to improve your analysis of most texts

GUIDE

 

ANALYSING TEXTS: NARRATIVE
an easily applied skill that creates very subtle analyses

GUIDE