English lang lit - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

A complete file of notes on Elmina's Kitchen by Kwame Kwei-Aramah filled with facts about the setting of the play, the context of production, context of theatre, the playwright himself and other important information. This also includes relevant statistical information such as educational rates within the early 2000s and a quick guide on how to spot which dialect is being used where. This file contains information that allowed me to achieve top marks at A-level and contains everything you nee...

'The Color Purple' A. Walker Extract Essay [20] (pages 157-158) Celie's Family. Question: On page 157 from, "Once upon a time..." to page 158, "...named Olivia and Adam". By focusing closely on literary and linguistic techniques, analyse how Alice Walker presents Celie's family within this extract. Includes terminology, analysis and effect.

Re-written example essay about the character Othello from 'Othello' by W. Shakespeare. Includes quotations, context and analysis. Also includes comments about how to further strengthen the resoponse.

Component One: Poetry and Prose. 'The Color Purple' A. Walker - Key Concepts and Conext Summary. Includes historical, social, biographical, political, literary and religious context within 'The Color Purple'.

Example essay from 'Othello' by W. Shakepeare. Explores Act 2, Scene 3 with Cassio and Iago.

Component One: Poetry and Prose. 'The Color Purple' Alice Walker presentation of sisterhood elsewhere in the novel [40], key concepts, context and an example essay structure.

Component 3 Non-Literary Texts - 'In Cold Blood' by Truman Capote Whole Text Example Essay. A short whole text (16 marker) example essay: "Go on to explore the presentation of the American Dream elsewhere in In Cold Blood. [16]" . This example essay explores how Truman Capote conveys his pessimistic view of the American Dream vs. American Nightmare ideology within the Clutter family and the two murderers Dick & Perry. This essay example was set as homework and was credited 12/16.

Component Three: Non-Literary Texts. Extract Essay (24 marker) 'In Cold Blood' by Truman Capote. 'Extract 1 - Taken from Chapter 1, 'The Last to See Them Alive' , is the opening to the novel, explore how Capote presents the setting of 1950's rural America in the extract' [24]. This is a simple essay structure example. Rewarded roughly 14/24.

This document contains the most important stylistic devices (summarised) needed for analysing your Papers. I used them and finished the course with a 6.

The notes are a combination of different techniques and strategies to help support in writing an answer to GCSE English Literature paper 2 - poetry and conflict questions. It begins by detailing a brief summary of the structure and marking of the question. This also includes language techniques and structural elements to include in your answer during comparisons of poems as well as an example poem with a model paragraph of a GCSE comparison question. The worksheet also includes a starter a...