How To Structure an Essay Paragraph

Below, you can find an overall explanation of how to structure an essay paragraph. Lots of my students struggle with essay writing – in any essay subject, the process for writing a great middle paragraph is exactly the same. Once you learn it, your grades will massively improve across the board! This advice is for […]

Descriptive and Creative Writing Prompts

In this post, we will looking at how descriptive and creative writing prompts can inspire you to write more, and get readers really engaged and connected to your writing. The most important part of descriptive writing is to add as many important details and characteristics to the person, place, object or experience in your essay. […]

Learn how to write a Perfect Conclusion

“There’s no point bothering to write a conclusion” is something I hear quite a lot from my students. “It’s just repeating what you’ve already said”, “It’s a waste of time” and other such phrases are often uttered in my classes. Of course, these opinions are all wrong! Thanks for reading! If you need more help […]

How to Understand and Analyse a Poem

This is a process I developed myself when I was at university studying poems; I couldn’t understand nor analyse a poem, and it confused the heck out of me. I used to look at poems and feel completely lost like I didn’t even know where to start. So, I developed this system as a way […]

How to Understand the Basics of Poetry

This page takes you through everything you need to know when starting out with understanding the basics of poetry. It’s great for complete beginners, or experienced writers wanting to refresh their knowledge. It’s equally useful for literature students, such as those taking GCSEs, IGCSEs, and A-Levels. If you’re totally stuck on poetry and how to […]

How to use punctuation?!?!?!

Punctuation is an often overlooked part of writing… but, guess what? It makes a HUGE difference to your expression! If you find yourself using full stops and commas (and not much else) then this page is for you! It gives you the lowdown on the most important types of punctuation, and how to use the […]

How To Write A Proper Essay – in any subject!

Essay writing is just one of those things that everyone knows they need to learn, yet no one seems to have been taught it! So many of my students have never been shown how to write an essay, and I was in the same position myself at school and university — teachers seem to spend […]

What is a PEE or PETAL paragraph?

This isn’t quite what we meant by a ‘PETAL’ paragraph, but I thought that the image worked well anyway!

Below, you’ll find an answer to what is a PEE or PETAL Paragraph. In essay writing for English, English Literature, and a lot of other humanities subjects (History, Classics, Sociology, Philosophy, Politics, etc) it is very important to be able to write a clear, precise paragraph that expresses your thoughts and analysis in detail. In […]