by Margaret Mulheran (Author)
For study or revision, these guides are the perfect accompaniment to the set text, providing invaluable background and exam advice.
Philip Allan Literature Guides (for GCSE) offer succinct and accessible coverage of all key aspects of the set text and are designed to challenge and develop your knowledge, encouraging you to reach your full potential.
Each full colour guide:
- Gives you the confidence that you know your set text inside out, with insightful coverage for you to develop your understanding of context, characters, quotations, themes and style
- Ensures you are fully prepared for your exams: each guide shows you how your set text will be measured against assessment objectives of the main specification
- Develops the skills you need to do well in your exams, with tasks and practice questions in the guide, and lots more completely free online, including podcasts, glossaries, sample essays and revision advice at www.philipallan.co.uk/literatureguidesonline
Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Publisher: Philip Allan
Published: 27 Aug 2010
ISBN 10: 1444110268
ISBN 13: 9781444110265
Book Overview: For study or revision, these guides are the perfect accompaniment to the set text, providing invaluable background and exam advice.
I have always loved reading, yet struggled with The Woman in Black as I found it sluggish and overly descriptive of what I thought to irrevelant material. However, I then read the book through again at home using this guide and found I understood it perfectly. This was due to all the seperate sections the guide contained, as it has:
- A chapter by chapter walk through of the novel, including tips on improving your grade and key quotations
- A section on each character individually and why they are important to the novel
- A section on plot and structure and how Susan Hill uses it to make the novella spooky
- A section on theme
As well as this, the guide includes a section at the back to study just before the exam, including key words and how to tackle the question. I found this part especially helpful and hope to have pushed my As to A*s. If I do, it is all down to this book.
* Amazon reviewer *