Theresa Sowerby | Monday November 11, 2019
Categories: Archived Resources, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level, AQA A Level Pre-2015 Resources, AQA A Level English Literature A, LITA4, OCR A Level, OCR A Level Pre-2015 Resources, OCR A Level English Literature, F664, Hot Entries, Poetry, Donne, Selected Poems, Writing, Poetry Analysis
The following guide to Donne’s poems is designed to give examples both of close reading and of links between the poems. Contents The Sunne Rising The Apparition The Canonisation A Nocturnall upon St Lucie’s Day The Autumnall Biography and context The Metaphysical poets Approaching a Donne poem – A Valediction of Weeping Key Characteristics of Donne’s poetry Variety of Attitudes to love – connections and groupings A Closer Look at five love poems: Talking to God…
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Christine Sweeney | Monday June 13, 2011
Categories: Drama, A Woman Of No Importance, Hot Entries, EDEXCEL A Level English Literature, 6ET04, AQA A Level English Literature A, LTA1, LITA2, AQA A Level English Literature B, LITB4, OCR A Level English Literature, F664, WJEC A Level English Literature, LT3, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level, EDEXCEL A Level, OCR A Level, WJEC A Level
Associated Resources Part 1 - AWONI Teaching Guide.doc Part 2 - AWONI Annotated Guide.docx Part 3 - AWONI Teaching Guide.doc Why you might like to teach this text! A Woman of No Importance is a wonderful text to teach and your students will enjoy studying it. It is short, it has an absorbing and convincing plot and its themes are easily recognised, interestingly explored and persuasively presented. On top of this, Wilde is a fine and witty dramatist who uses his chosen form in fascinating ways…
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Steph Atkinson | Monday September 06, 2010
Categories: EDEXCEL A Level English Literature, 6ET01, 6ET03, 6ET04, AQA A Level English Literature A, LTA1, LITA2, LITA3, LITA4, AQA A Level English Literature B, LITB1, LITB3, LITB4, OCR A Level English Language, OCR A Level English Literature, F661, F664, WJEC A Level English Literature, LT2, LT3, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level, EDEXCEL A Level, OCR A Level, WJEC A Level
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Close Reading & Textual Analysis
Close Analysis
Openings
Characters and Characterisation
Setting, Places and Scenes
Atmosphere, Mood, Tone and Foreshadowing
Dialogue
Description, Imagery, Figurative Language
Irony
Alternative Interpretations
Narrative
Verisimilitude
Time
Symbolism
Context
Genre
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