Instructional Video18:50
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Emulating Ian McEwan's use of a plot twist in 'Atonement'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use figurative language, juxtaposition and repetition to emulate McEwan’s use of an emotional plot twist. Key learning points: - To emulate McEwan’s emotional plot twist, we might use figurative language to influence...
Instructional Video23:47
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Analysing mankind and nature in Wordsworth's 'Lines Written in Early Spring'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Wordsworth uses language and structure to present the beauty of nature and the imperfection of mankind in 'Lines Written in Early Spring'. Key learning points: - Wordsworth presents nature as beautiful...
Instructional Video23:56
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Analysing nostalgia and melancholia in Brontë's 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Brontë uses language and structure to express ideas of nostalgia and melancholia in ‘Mild the Mist Upon the Hill’. Key learning points: - We might interpret Brontë’s poem as evoking either nostalgia or...
Instructional Video24:54
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Analysing how Landon presents childhood in 'Captain Cook (To My Brother)'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Landon uses language and structure to express ideas of childhood in ‘Captain Cook (To My Brother)’. Key learning points: - Landon uses euphony and symbolism to create an idyllic view of childhood. -...
Instructional Video21:23
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Using inverted sentence structures and chiasmus for effect

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use sophisticated sentence structures to create specific effects. Key learning points: - Inverted sentence structures add variety to your writing. - Inverted sentence structures also draw attention to moments or...
Instructional Video26:04
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Analysing how Wordsworth presents nature in 'To My Sister'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Wordsworth uses language and structure to present an idyllic view of nature and arguably suggest that mankind belongs in nature in ‘To My Sister’. Key learning points: - Arguably, Wordsworth uses...
Instructional Video29:05
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Analysing how Shelley presents ideas of suffering in 'England in 1819'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Shelley uses language, structure and form to critique powerful institutions and express the concept of the suffering of ordinary people. Key learning points: - Shelley may have used figurative language to...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Euphony

9th - 10th
Notes introducing and providing examples of euphony. Examples are provided from "The Duchess and the Jeweler" by Virginia Woolf and "Rappaccini's Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Notes can be both read and listened to.