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- Allegory. An allegory is a story that is used to represent a more general message about real-life (historical) issues and/or events. It is typically an entire book, novel, play, etc.
- Alliteration. Alliteration is a series of words or phrases that all (or almost all) start with the same sound. These sounds are typically consonants to give more stress to that syllable.
- Allusion. Allusion is when an author makes an indirect reference to a figure, place, event, or idea originating from outside the text. Many allusions make reference to previous works of literature or art.
- Anachronism. An anachronism occurs when there is an (intentional) error in the chronology or timeline of a text. This could be a character who appears in a different time period than when he actually lived, or a technology that appears before it was invented.
- Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë. This tumultuous tale of life in a bleak farmhouse on the Yorkshire moors is a popular set text for GCSE and A-level English study, but away from the demands of the classroom it’s easier to enjoy its drama and intensity.
- Middlemarch, by George Eliot. Middlemarch, subtitled “A Study of Provincial Life”, is the story of the inhabitants of a Midlands village in the 1830s.
- Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four makes depressing but essential reading. Published in 1949, it’s the author’s vision of a dystopian future dominated by totalitarian state surveillance, mind control and perpetual war.
- The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien. If you haven’t read the book, you’ll almost certainly have seen Peter Jackson’s epic three-part movie adaptation of it.
Jul 18, 2018 · OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE. The Old English language or Anglo-Saxon is the earliest form of English. The period is a long one and it is generally considered that Old English was spoken from about A.D. 600 to about 1100. Many of the poems of the period are pagan, in particular Widsith and Beowulf.
GCSE English Literature. Exam board content from BBC Bitesize for students in England, Northern Ireland or Wales. Choose the exam board that matches the one you study. Part of Learn & revise.
This section delves into the fifteen poems featured in the AQA Power and Conflict GCSE Poetry Anthology. Follow the links below to access the Poems page, where you'll find in-depth analyses and the poems themselves.
May 18, 2024 · Interjections are words or short phrases that stand apart from the rest of a sentence grammatically or appear on their own without a subject and verb. Interjections may also be holophrases. Because they're often used to exclaim, interjections often pack an emotional punch that can make fictional dialogue more realistic.
May 15, 2014 · Here's a brief overview of commonly delineated periods in English literature, with author and title examples for each, from 450 to the present.
