Summary: Philip Allan Literature Guides (for GCSE) provide exam-focused analysis of popular set texts to give students the very best chance of achieving the highest grades possible. Designed to be used throughout the course or as revision before the exam, this full colour text provides: thorough commentary outlining the plot and structure and exploring the themes, style, characters and context of the text exemplar A*- and C-grade answers to exam-style questions, with examiner's comments, exam and essay-writing advice assessment objectives for each exam board, highlighting the specific skills that students need to develop 'Grade booster' boxes with tips on how to move between grades'Pause for thought' boxes to make students consider their own opinions on the text Key quotations memorise and use in the exams Each guide comes with free access to a website with further revision aids, including interactive quizzes, a forum for students to share their ideas, useful web links plus additional exam-style questions and answers with examiner's comments and expert advice.
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Table of Contents: IntroductionContextPlot and structureCharacterisationThemesStyleTackling the assessmentsAssessment objectives and skillsSample essaysAnswers
About the Author(s): Shelagh Hubbard has been an English teacher for over 30 years and head of English in three schools and a sixth form college. She has worked as an advisory teacher and trained English teachers. She has been writing GCSE revision books since 1989.The series editor Jeanette Weatherall has been a Head of English and an Assistant Headteacher in two large secondary schools in the UK and is Chair of Examiners for A-level Literature for one of the UK's major examination boards.
