The Romantics: Context

The Romantics: Context

Homework Schedule Definitions & Key Themes of Romanticism Authorial Context in the Romantic Era Writing an Essay Introduction on the Romantics Exemplar Essay on the Sublime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiRWBI0JTYQ&list=PLwaLIaLu8wcxR40SjvHa3KGMrLcYyAuLH&index=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2-EA6doUf4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InpMnEPiQZA Podcasts Podcast: Revolutions, Rebels and Romantics (Part 1) Podcast: Revolutions, Rebels and Romantics (Part 2) Podcast: Romanticism Podcast: The Enlightenment

A-level English: Victorians, Vampires and the Gothic

A compendium of useful links, exemplar material, resources and home learning for A-level English Literature. An Introduction to Gender in the Fin de Siècle Gender and Sexuality in the Fin de Siècle Further Reading Podcast: Victorian London eMag Article - Gothic Texts & UnorthodoxyDownload eMag Article - The Gothic: Vampires & GhostsDownload

What makes good descriptive writing?

What makes good descriptive writing?

Sensory Description This is another great tool that will help you to establish sense of place and sensory description: here Imagery Imagery is a powerful tool in a writer's arsenal. Whether you decide to make explicit comparisons (through simile) or implicit comparisons (through metaphor), you can draw upon a range of connotation already held by [...]

Legacy of the UAE: English and Arabic Roots

Legacy of the UAE: English and Arabic Roots

Look at the English words below. Seven of them have roots in the Arabic language and three have roots in other languages. Your task is to: Find out which words have roots in Arabic using the links below. Decide which word with Arabic roots you think is most useful in English and explain why on [...]