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Category: Reading

Why are books so dangerous? Reading ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘Brave New World’

May 30, 2020August 24, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

Dystopian fiction is a popular genre in most high school English curricula, and for good reason. 

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What ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘Of Mice and Men’ show us about the American Dream

May 23, 2020August 7, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

The American Dream is a popular concept in American literature, and perhaps an even more popular study topic for high school English students. 

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Too funny it hurts – 3 signs to help you detect satire

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

We all love a good laugh.

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Want to read faster? Try this.

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Miss Jen1 Comment

Previously, I wrote a post on  ‘How to read between the lines’, which seemed to resonate with quite a few of you who read this humble blog. So in this post,  I’d like to take on another one of the most common FAQs I get about reading: 

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Here are 2 ways for you to ‘read between the lines’

April 8, 2020April 15, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

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 Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’ a great poem, or a poem about greatness? (or both?)

April 1, 2020April 8, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

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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