Understanding Poems Of The Decade For As Level Edexcel Poetry

Author : Gavin Smithers
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781977725431
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Poems of the Decade for a Level Edexcel Poetry (2nd Edition) written by Gavin Smithers and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-27 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The step up from GCSE to A level poetry analaysis can seem daunting. This clearly written study guide aims to bridge the gap. It includes a detailed analysis of all 20 poems from the Forward Anthology which Edexcel candidates need to study. This study guide is for students sitting exams in 2018 and 2019. It is designed for students who are either moving straight from GSCE to A level (and thus not sitting AS levels in Year 12) and also for students who have taken AS level in Year 12 and are now preparing for their final A level exams in Year 13. (There is a separate volume for Year 12 AS students. Do not buy both!) At A level, the task centres on comparing a poem from the anthology with an unseen poem which will be given to you at the start of the exam. It is a tall order! This guide contains specific instructions on how to react sensibly and effectively when confronted with an unseen poem. It takes the view that, by thoroughly getting under the skin (and into the head) of the writer's of these poems, you will be able to answer your exam question with confidence. Get the book when you begin to study the poems in class and you will be able to use it to support you with homework assignments. Written by an expert - Gavin is a tutor and also author of many other Gavin's Guide study guides - everything is designed to support your study and exam success. *Gain confidence at how to unpick the language and style contemporary poets choose. *Identify key themes. * Discover how to link two poems together *Improve your essay writing Gavin Smithers is a private tutor working in the Cotswolds. His popular series of Gavin's Guides, which have now sold many thousands of copies, aim to help you raise your exam grade - and enjoy studying English Literature that bit more.

Author : Gavin Smithers
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781533561015
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Poems of the Decade for AS Level Edexcel Poetry written by Gavin Smithers and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-24 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The step up from GCSE to AS level poetry analaysis can seem daunting. This clearly written 140 page study guide aims to bridge the gap and is written for students taking AS levels in summer 2017. There is now a second edition of this guide. Please scroll down further through the titles so that it comes up. For summer 2018, Edexcel has changed the requirements to 20 set poems and the new guide reflects this. This first edition here includes a detailed analysis of all 28 poems from the Forward Anthology which Edexcel candidates need to study. At AS level, the task centres on two poems from the 28 studied. One, which they choose, and a second one, which you have to select in order to illustrate particular points and comparisons. It is a tall order! This guide contains specific instructions on how to do just that. However this book can do more than simply help with revision in the final weeks. Pick up a copy now, in summer and through Autumn, and you will be able to use it as a source of inspiration and fresh thinking right from the start of your course. Just buy the Anthology itself and this book - and read both side by side as you work through your homework assignments.Written by an expert - Gavin is a tutor and also author of many other Gavin's Guide study guides - everything is designed to support your study and exam success. *Gain confidence at how to unpick the language and style contemporary poets choose.*Identify key themes.* Discover how to link two poems together*Improve your essay writingGavin Smithers is a private tutor working in the Cotswolds. His popular series of Gavin's Guides aims to help you raise your exam grade - and enjoy studying English Literature that bit more.

Author : Richard Vardy
Publisher : Hodder Education
ISBN 13 : 1510452729
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Study and Revise Literature Guide for AS/A-level: Pearson Edexcel Poems of the Decade written by Richard Vardy and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exam Board: Pearson Edexcel Level: AS/A-level Subject: English literature First teaching: September 2015 First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level) Enable students to achieve their best grade with this Pearson Edexcel AS/A-level English literature guide, designed to instil in-depth textual understanding as students read, analyse and revise the Poems of the Decade anthology throughout the course. This Study and Revise guide: - Increases students' knowledge of the Poems of the Decade anthology as they progress through the detailed commentary and contextual information written by experienced teachers and examiners - Develops understanding of characterisation, themes, form, structure and language, equipping students with a rich bank of textual examples to enhance their coursework and exam responses - Builds critical and analytical skills through challenging, thought-provoking questions and tasks that encourage students to form their own personal responses to the poems - Extends learning and prepares students for higher-level study by introducing critical viewpoints, comparative references to other literary works and suggestions for independent research - Helps students maximise their exam potential using clear explanations of the Assessment Objectives, sample student answers and examiner insights - Improves students' extended writing techniques through targeted advice on planning and structuring a successful essay

Author : Liz Croft
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781540871794
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forward Poems of the Decade written by Liz Croft and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Guide has been written primarily for students of AS and A Level English Literature as specified by Edexcel in the post-2015 syllabus (9ET0). It addresses Component 1 (8ET0/01 - Poetry and Drama) of the AS syllabus and Component 3 (9ET0/03 - Poetry) of the A2 syllabus, specifically, the requirement to study a selection of Post-2000 poetry. The Guide covers all the poems in the selection from Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002-2011 (ISBN 978-0571281732).The poems are explored individually, and links and connections between them are drawn as appropriate. The format of each exploration is similar:* A summary of the key themes of the poems, with a note on possible connections and links to other poems in the selection* An explanation of any key features of the poem that require additional contextual knowledge or illustration* A brief summary of the metric form, rhyme scheme or other structural features* A "walk-through" (or explication) of the poem, ensuring that what is happening in the poem is understood, how the rhythm and rhyme contribute to meaning, an explanation of the meaning of words which may be unfamiliar, an exploration of imagery and language and a comment on main themes.

Author : William Sieghart
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 9780571281732
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poems of the Decade written by William Sieghart and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of some of the best poems submitted for the Forward Prizes as chosen by a range of judges including poets, literary writers, authors, actors and musicians.

Author : Forward Arts Foundation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780571325405
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poems of the Decade written by Forward Arts Foundation and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'These annual anthologies of the poems in the running for the Forward Prizes remain the best way of encountering the richness that new poetry has to offer.' Daily Telegraph

Author : Ros Barber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Material written by Ros Barber and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intends to form a meditation on human loss.

Author : Daljit Nagra
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571263917
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Look We Have Coming to Dover! written by Daljit Nagra and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Look We Have Coming to Dover! is the most acclaimed debut collection of poetry published in recent years, as well as one of the most relevant and accessible. Nagra, whose own parents came to England from the Punjab in the 1950s, draws on both English and Indian-English traditions to tell stories of alienation, assimilation, aspiration and love, from a stowaway's first footprint on Dover Beach to the disenchantment of subsequent generations.

Author : Ian Duhig
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447236866
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lammas Hireling written by Ian Duhig and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ian Duhig has long inspired a fervent and devoted following. With The Lammas Hireling - the title poem having already won both the National Poetry Competition and the Forward Prize for Best Poem - Duhig has produced his most accessible and exciting volume to date, and looks set to reach a whole new audience. A poet of lightning wit and great erudition, Duhig is also a master balladeer and storyteller who shows that poetry is still the most powerful way in which our social history - our lives, loves and work - can be celebrated and commemorated.

Author : Neil Bowen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780993077876
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Poetry written by Neil Bowen and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of 'The Art of Poetry' focuses on the Forward Poems of the Decade anthology, an A-level set text for Edexcel examination board. Written for students as well as teachers, volume 2 features incisive critical essays on fourteen set poems, as well as lesson ideas and creative revision activities to stimulate critical engagement with this exciting and challenging text. Due out later this year, Volume 3 will feature essays on the remaining fourteen poems.