In today’s lesson, we’ll put all our non-fiction know-how into practice! We’ll apply what we’ve learnt about techniques in previous Nailing Non-Fiction lessons to George Orwell’s ‘Politics and the English Language’. Using our unique...

Our third lesson will zoom into the finer elements of prose fiction. We’ll delve into figurative language, imagery, rhythm, syntax and tone. We’ll review some basic language features before building on your understanding. To help us,...

In this video, I explore three early essays by George Orwell - 'The British Empire in Burma: How a Nation is Exploited', 'A Hanging', and 'Shooting an Elephant'. Orwell spent around 5 years in Burma in the Indian Imperial Police for the...

Our second lesson will break down the finer elements of prose fiction. We’ll explore narrative style and techniques. We’ll revisit some basic language features before building on your understanding. To help us, we’ve selected extracts...

This video overviews how quotations from a prose text should be formatted for use in an essay. Specific focus is placed on Quotation Marks, Ending Punctuation, Capitalization, and Changing Quotations. These rules apply to American...