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Philip Allan Literature Guides (for GCSE) provide exam-focused analysis of popular set texts to give students the very best chance of achieving the highest grades possible.

Designed to be used throughout the course or as revision before the exam, this full colour text provides:
thorough commentary outlining the plot and structure and exploring the themes, style, characters and context of the text
exemplar A*- and C-grade answers to exam-style questions, with examiner's comments, exam and essay-writing advice
assessment objectives for each exam board, highlighting the specific skills that students need to develop
'Grade booster' boxes with tips on how to move between grades
'Pause for thought' boxes to make students consider their own opinions on the text
Key quotations memorise and use in the exams

Each guide comes with free access to a website with further revision aids, including interactive quizzes, a forum for students to share their ideas, useful web links plus additional exam-style questions and answers with examiner's comments and expert advice. Peter Morrisson has been a GCSE English teacher since 1988, and is currently teaching at the Isle of Man College. In 2006, two of his GCSE students scored within the top 5 in the UK out of a cohort of 330,000. He has an MA in Victorian Literature.
The series editor Jeanette Weatherall has been a Head of English and an Assistant
Headteacher in two large secondary schools in the UK and is Chair of
Examiners for A-level Literature for one of the UK's major examination
boards.