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Author: Miss Jen
Jenny from the Block - just your nerdier, wordier version.
Here are 2 ways for you to ‘read between the lines’
In this post, I want to address one of the biggest FAQs I get about the study and appreciation of literature:
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Is repetition too ‘easy’ to write about? You’ll be surprised…
For any English student, the ability to spot figurative devices and explain to what effect they are used is an important skill.
In order to do well in English, you must possess this quality
A slightly different post today: instead of focusing on a specific technique or learning approach, I’d like to address the elephant in the room – mindset.
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What does irony really mean?
The English dictionary is a wonderful invention, but there are times when it falls short of doing its job: making us understand what a word actually means.
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Is Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’ a great poem, or a poem about greatness? (or both?)
It’s quite common to see Romantic poetry in English Literature curricula, largely because they tend to feature more layman language and universal themes (well, ‘layman’ compared to their more stylistically experimental Modernist counterparts or more linguistically distant Medieval / Renaissance predecessors).
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How do you describe tone?
A common question I get from students is how to describe ‘tone’.
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Metonymy vs synecdoche: what’s the difference?
I have a confession to make: as a self-professed lit expert, I find the difference between metonymy and synecdoche a hard one to remember.
The 2 biggest mistakes students make in writing
One of the most intimidating things in life (apart from the coronavirus right now) is the combination of a blank page and an essay deadline.
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The Hyperbolit School 