This video explores how authors manipulate time and use various techniques such as foreshadowing, flashbacks, and pacing to build tension and suspense in a story. By carefully crafting these elements, authors guide readers towards the...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how the settings represent the characters. Key learning points: - Golding uses contrasting imagery to present the island as a utopian paradise that has the potential to corrupt. - Golding uses the setting to...

Pupil outcome: I can explore the language of Puck’s epilogue, linking it to other moments in the play. Key learning points: - ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ ends with an epilogue given by the character of Puck. - Puck’s epilogue breaks the...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Puck is introduced in Act 2 of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, and common Elizabethan beliefs about this character. Key learning points: - Oberon’s servant has two names: Puck and Robin Goodfellow. - In...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how the symbolic storm reflects the structure and key elements of the tragedy. Key learning points: - Shakespeare often uses different locations to represent mindsets. - In 'Othello', Venice represents...

Pupil outcome: I can explain the imagery of love and foreshadowing in Romeo and Juliet’s language in Act 1, Scene 5. Key learning points: - Romeo’s use of light imagery suggests that Juliet brings hope and positivity to his life. -...

Pupil outcome: I can analyse how Thomas Hardy presents the devastating consequences of war. Key learning points: - Hardy uses figurative language in Stanza one to create a foreboding atmosphere and foreshadow the devastating news. -...