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GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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ESSAY
ANALYSIS:
STORY
ANALYSIS:
NON-FICTION
ANALYSIS:
POETRY
ANALYSIS:
STAGE PLAY
ANALYSIS:
FILMS
NOVELS
TO READ
PUNCTUATION GRAMMAR
WRITING:
STORY
WRITING:
MEDIA ARTICLE
WRITING:
DESCRIBE
WRITING:
PERSUADE
WRITING:
ARGUE
WRITING:
INFORM
WRITING:
REVIEW
WRITING:
EXPLAIN
WRITING:
ADVISE
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STUDY GUIDES FOR GCSE ENGLISH NOVELS & POEMS
links to the very best free study guides for novels and poems

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ESSAY WRITING GUIDE
grade boosting tips to help you structure and write anm effective essay or exam answer

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ANALYSE A FICTIONAL STORY
writing about a story? Find out how, here!

  GUIDE

ANALYSE A NON-FICTION OR MEDIA TEXT
ways to boost your non-fiction and media text grades

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ANALYSE A FILM
improve your 'moving image' essays

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ANALYSE A PLAY
analyse and write about drama

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ANALYSE A POEM
write a better poetry essay

  GUIDE

WRITE TO ARGUE
write a convincing argument

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WRITE TO PERSUADE
write persuasively

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WRITE TO DESCRIBE
write a fine description

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WRITE A STORY
write a gripping story

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WRITE A MEDIA ARTICLE
write a more interesting article

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

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WRITE TO INFORM
write more informatively

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WRITE TO ADVISE
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USEFUL REVISION WEB SITES
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IMPROVE YOUR SPELLING
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IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS
helping your writing skills

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NAMED POETS
three poets: Heaney, Blake and Clarke

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SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO & JULIET
writing about Romeo & Juliet

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MEET THE ENGLISHBIZ TEACHER
meet the teacher who writes Englishbiz

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A FEW POEMS WRITTEN BY FRIENDS
friends' poems

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SEMIOTICS - MEDIA STUDIES
a subtle analytical technique for media texts

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DOMINANT IDEOLOGIES - ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE & MEDIA STUDIES
how texts subtly support, reinforce and create social and cultural attitudes and values

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BINARY OPPOSITION - ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE & MEDIA STUDIES
improve your a super-subtle mark-grabbing analytical technique

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NARRATIVE - ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE & MEDIA STUDIES
a powerful and subtle way to analyse many media texts

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GRAMMAR - ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
analyse a text at the level of its grammar

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A LEVEL ENGLISH LANGUAGE - A USEFUL WEB SITE!
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ESSAY WRITING SKILLS  - ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE
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