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Prose Fiction

First-Person Narrative from the Perspective of the Protagonist: Popular Bildungsroman Books
First-Person Narrative from the Perspective of the Protagonist: The Bildungsroman Genre
First-Person Narrative from the Perspective of the Protagonist: Bildungsroman Definition
Character as Symbol: Passion of the Christ
Setting as Metaphor: 'Architrave' Definition
Social Difference: The Queen Arriving at Cross Hands Hotel (page no longer exists)
The Nostalgic Voice and Elegaic Style of the Saga: 'Nostalgia' Definition
The Nostalgic Voice and Elegaic Style of the Saga: 'Elegy' Definition
Science Fiction: Differences Between Science Fiction and Fantasy 1 (page no longer exists)
Science Fiction: Differences Between Science Fiction and Fantasy 2
Fantasy: Lord of the Rings Trailer

Videos

Poetry

Structure, Rhyme, Rhythm and Grammatical Devices

Villanelle: 'One Art' by Elizabeth Bishop
Sonnet Form: 'being to timelessness as it’s to time' by e e cummings
Rhyme and Rhythm to Create Specific Effects: 'Night Mail' by W H Auden
Pastiche/Parody of Established Forms: 'Hymn' by John Betjeman

Choice of Language and Other Poetic Devices

Paradox: 'V' by Tony Harrison (page no longer exists)
Paradox: Miners' Strike Article
Paradox: Memories of the Miners' Strike
Paradox: Margaret Thatcher's 'Violence does not Pay' Speech (page no longer exists)
Paradox: 'V' Article
Paradox: September 11 Attacks Article
Juxtaposition: 'The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner' by Randall Jarrell
Antithesis: 'Valediction' by Seamus Heaney
Antithesis: 'Antithesis' Definition
Antithesis: Another Meaning of 'Apostrophe'
The Repetition of Words or Phrases to Add Emphasis: 'Ione, Dead the Long Year' by Ezra Pound
The Repetition of Words or Phrases to Add Emphasis: 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost
The Repetition of Words or Phrases to Add Emphasis: Woodchester Mansion
Hyperbole: 'Sad Steps' by Philip Larkin
Ambuguity: 'O What is that Sound' by W H Auden

Presentation of Ideas and Themes

Love: 'Love Is...' by Adrian Henri
Love: Reading of 'Love Is...' by Adrian Henri
Grief and Loss: 'Loss' by Wendy Cope
Spirituality: 'A Flyspeck' by Udiah (witness to Yah) (page no longer exists)
Spirituality: Bathos
Spirituality: The Innocence Mission's ‘No Storms Come’
Spirituality: Thought for the Day
Satire: 'To a Fat Lady Seen From the Train' by Frances Darwin Cornford
Satire: The Onion article
Polemic: 'Suicide in the Trenches' by Siegfried Sassoon
Polemic: 'Still I Rise' by Maya Angelou
Polemic: Songs that Changed the World

Point of View / Voice

First Person with the Voice of the Poem Observing Another, which has a Similar Effect to the Peripheral Narrator used in Prose Fiction: 'One Flesh' by Elizabeth Jennings
Comic Style, Light-Hearted Voice: 'Bloody Men' by Wendy Cope

Imagery

Personification and Anthropomorphism: 'Dinnertime Chorus' by Sharon Hendricks
Personification and Anthropomorphism: 'The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock' by T S Eliot (stanza three)
Metaphor and Extended Metaphor: 'Punishment' by Seamus Heaney (page no longer exists)
Metaphor and Extended Metaphor: Northern Ireland Troubles Timeline
Metaphor and Extended Metaphor: Inspiration for 'Punishment' by Seamus Heaney
Metaphor and Extended Metaphor: Seamus Heaney Interview
Metaphor and Extended Metaphor: Seamus Heaney Talks About 'Punishment'
Metaphor and Extended Metaphor: 'The British' by Benjamin Zephaniah
Simile: 'A Cold Coming' by Tony Harrison
Simile: 'Football' by Udiah (witness to Yah)
Simile: Iraq and Afghanistan Wars 1
Simile: Iraq and Afghanistan Wars 2
Simile: Iraq and Afghanistan Wars 3
Simile: Iraq and Afghanistan Wars 4
Symbolism: 'Mirror' by Sylvia Plath

Style and Tone

Alliteration: 'On The Train' by Gillian Clarke
Alliteration: 'Base Details' by Siegfried Sassoon
Alliteration: Information about Siegfried Sassoon (page no longer exists)
Assonance: 'Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night' by Dylan Thomas
Onomatopoeia: 'The Bells' by Edgar Allen Poe
Grammar and Syntax: Enjambment, End-Stopping and the Deliberate Breaking of Grammatical Rules in Poetry: 'Follower' by Seamus Heaney
Alliteration: 'Base Details' by Siegfried Sassoon
Grammar and Syntax: Enjambment, End-Stopping and the Deliberate Breaking of Grammatical Rules in Poetry: 'A Style of Loving' by Vikram Seth
Grammar and Syntax: Enjambment, End-Stopping and the Deliberate Breaking of Grammatical Rules in Poetry: 'Balances' by Nikki Giovanni
Grammar and Syntax: Enjambment, End-Stopping and the Deliberate Breaking of Grammatical Rules in Poetry: 'Buffalo Bill by e e cummings
Grammar and Syntax: Enjambment, End-Stopping and the Deliberate Breaking of Grammatical Rules in Poetry: Obituaries
Allusion: the Garden of Gethsemane (page no longer exists)
Allusion: 'Before You Were Mine' by Carol Ann Duffy (page no longer exists)
Use of Colour: 'Perhaps Some Day the Sun will Shine Again' by Vera Brittain
Use of Colour: Article about 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol'
Use of Colour: Howard League for Penal Reform (page no longer exists)
Use of Colour: Female Prisoners Interview
Speech and Dialogue: 'The Queen’s English' by Tony Harrison (Page 10 of PDF) (page no longer exists)
Speech and Dialogue: 'Have a Nice Day' by Spike Milligan

Videos

Script

Language Choices, Speech and Dialogue

How to Convey Differences in Language: Problems and Challenges Encountered by People who Move to a New Country
How to Convey Differences in Language: Citizens Advice Bureau
Subtext and the Avoidance of Direct Communication: Death and the Maiden, Ariel Dorfman

Videos

Prose Non-fiction

Web Links

Biography

Biography in Newspapers and Magazines: Bernadette Nolan Obituary 1
Biography in Newspapers and Magazines: Bernadette Nolan Obituary 2
Biography in Newspapers and Magazines: Iain Banks Obituary 1
Biography in Newspapers and Magazines: Iain Banks Obituary 2

Memoir

Diary Form: Anne Frank Videos

Feature Writing

Testimony: Shark Attack
Testimony: Shark Attack 2" (page no longer exists)
Testimony: Hypochondria
Fact Box / Timeline: Mongolia Timeline
PFact Box / Timeline: Cadbury Fact Box (page no longer exists)
Analysis: 'Greece's Life-saving Austerity Medics'
Analysis: The Paralympic Legacy
Cardio Tennis
Behind the Scenes: Homeless Experience (page no longer exists)
Interview: Britney Spears (page no longer exists)
Interview: John Banville
Interview: Sergei Polunin
Interview: Rick Parfitt
Interview: How To Write a Profile or Interview-Based Article
Profile: Victoria Pendleton
Profile: Richard Madeley
Real Life: Shall I Be a Mother?
Real Life: My Invisible Son

Editorial and Op-Ed

Editorial: 'In Praise of... Not Gushing'
Editorial: 'Making Chimps of Us'
Editorial: 'Still Not Above the Glass Ceiling'
Editorial: MPs' Pay Rise
Editorial: 'Dealing with Bullies'
Editorial: The Defenceless Deserve Better
Editorial: 'H&M's Bond Girl'
Editorial: The Fall in GP Fundin (page no longer exists)
Editorial: 'An UnconVincing U-Turn'
Op-Ed: McGill Resources
Op-Ed: The Op-Ed Project (page no longer exists)
Op-Ed: Anti-Onesies Petition
Op-Ed: From Nanny State to Naggy State
Op-Ed: Heroism of the Murdered Good Samaritan
Op-Ed: A New Age of Giving
Op-Ed: Extremism (page no longer exists)
Op-Ed: George Zimmerman
Op-Ed: 'Brexit? Nein Danke' (page no longer exists)
Op-Ed: Medical Research

Reviews

Film Reviews: Despicable Me 2
Film Reviews: Now You See Me
Film Reviews: Pacific Rim
Theatre Reviews: Learning to Write Theatre Reviews
Theatre Reviews: Billy
Theatre Reviews: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Theatre Reviews: Sweet Birth of Youth (page no longer exists)
Theatre Reviews: Comparing Movies And Live Theatre (page no longer exists)
Theatre Reviews: Stage v Screen
Book Reviews: Middle C
Book Reviews: The Night Guest
Book Reviews: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Specialist Writing for a Non-Specialist Readership

Science Writing: Professor Steven Pinker Talking about Writing
Science Writing: Introduction to Science Writing [link no longer working]
Science Writing: 'Bad Science'
Science Writing: Guardian Advice on Science Journalism
Science Writing: Hydrothermal Vents
Science Writing: Badger Cull
Science Writing: Thought Experiment [link no longer working]
Science Writing: King Crabs
Technology Writing: Wired Magazine [link no longer working]
Technology Writing: Guide to Writing a Podcast
Technology Writing: Examples of Podcasts
Technology Writing: 'Smartphone Becomes In-Car Head-Up Display'
Technology Writing: '4G or not 4G?'
Technology Writing: 'Mars Explorer to Look for Organic Carbon'
History Writing: 'Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of Gevaudan'
History Writing: 'King Richard III'
History Writing: Scott of the Antarctic
Culture Writing: 'Ben Jonson Walking and Tweeting'
Culture Writing: Tales from Babel
Culture Writing: Tavares Strachan

Blogging

Political Blogs: 'In Defence of Paranoid Hysteria'
Political Blogs: Surveillance State
Political Blogs: Guido Fawkes' Blog
Blogs Looking at Literary/Cultural Subjects: 'Barking Blondes: Dogs and Books (page no longer exists)
Blogs Looking at Literary/Cultural Subjects: 'Patrick Leigh Fermor Happyslapped in the Amazon Rankings (page no longer exists)
Sports Blogs: 'Proud and Confused – But That's Sport'
Sports Blogs: 'The A–Z of Wimbledon in the 1980s'
Travel Blogs: Japan
Travel Blogs: Scotland
Blogs Run by Charities or Lobbying Groups: Spinal Injuries (page no longer exists)
Blogs Run by Charities or Lobbying Groups: Smile Train (page no longer exists)
Lifestyle Blogs: Beauty Tips
Lifestyle Blogs: Peruvian Cuisine
Lifestyle Blogs: Rave Dance Class
Lifestyle Blogs: Crafterminds (page no longer exists)
Ten Ways to Jumpstart Your Writing Career with Blogging: Blogs in Plain English
Ten Ways to Jumpstart Your Writing Career with Blogging: What Not to Do
Ten Ways to Jumpstart Your Writing Career with Blogging: Open Journalism
Ten Ways to Jumpstart Your Writing Career with Blogging: The Guardian’s 'Blogging Students'

Travel Writing

Celebrity Travel Interview: Val McDermid
Travel Feature: Dirtiest Hotels in Britain
Personal Journey Article: Small Cyclades
Specialist Travel Magazine: Road Trip Patagonia
Travel Writing for Political Purposes: Working Conditions in the Early Nineteenth Century (page no longer exists)
The Grand Tour

Videos

Exam Practice