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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: Mince pies & juicy persons in Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’

December 20, 2020December 21, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

Happy Christmas, all. 

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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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How do you describe tone?

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

A common question I get from students is how to describe ‘tone’.

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Metonymy vs synecdoche: what’s the difference?

April 1, 2020May 19, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

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.

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