The fire was lit, the curtains were closed and the house was cleaned. It was the first time that day since I had been able to sit back and place my feet on the wooden table that I bought from a cheap store in town. We didnt have alot of money, and what we did […]
My name is Billy Weaver and I advise all people looking for a nice place to stay to avoid any bed and breakfast in Bath, England. Why? The reason why is simple. What is the first thing that came to mind if i was to tell you that my tea tasted like almonds? Arsenic, right? […]
“You did sign the book, didn’t you?” “Oh yes.” “That’s good, Because later on, if I happen to forget what you were called, then I can always come down here and look it up. I still do that almost every day with My Mulholland and me … mr…? “Temple,” Billy said. “Gregory temple. Excuse me […]
Describe how techniques have been used in the text. Explain how these techniques have been used to create a particular effect. The poem “Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelou has many techniques used to create a particular effect. Angelou has used the techniques of poetic comparison, violent verbs and similes to create the effect of […]
The poem “Ballad of Birmingham ” is about the bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama and the morning before one of four of the little girl’s death. Dudley Randall writes this poem to show us the innocence of the child and how 4 children died from the bombing that day, by the chaos of […]
Still I Rise The poem “Still I Rise” is about self-confidence and how even though Maya Angelou was broken and shattered every time she would rise. Angelou writes this poem to let us know that even though the world may be falling around you, you can still rise. In the poem, Angelou repeats these words […]
February 1914 Dear diary, this is a lot harder than I thought it would be. Don’t listen to anyone who tries to tell you that soldiers don’t get frightened. They do. It took me several days to figure out what fear really was, but when I did it changed everything. Not those silly fears like […]
The leaves are starting to change colour, the temperatures are dropping, the days are getting shorter and our moods are changing. Seasons pass like merry-go-round horses, beautifully designed and painted in their own colours. Winter is a crisp white, with her sparkly ice hooves glittering in the sun. Next, come’s spring with painted-on flowers and […]
‘Don’t tell me the moon is shining. Show me the glint of light on broken glass,’ The goal of ‘show don’t tell’ is to let your reader interpret some of the emotions, actions or objects in your scene. This engages the reader’s mind and makes them, unconsciously, part of the writing. It also means that […]
There are different kinds of sentences. Varying sentence type and length makes your writing more interesting. A simple sentence contains a subject and a verb. It expresses a complete though.Josh plays rugby every morning. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, not, or, so, yet). Josh plays […]