Use these resources to help develop your critical reading & note making skills, to help develop your own arguments and judgements. When reading to make best use of your time you should read actively ...

Is it a current belief? As a student, if you begin to read contextually, you can shift to reading critically. These are the skills a critical thinker employs to make inquiries about the world. Most ...

Understanding symbolism Writers also use symbols to add deeper meaning to a text, creating meanings and associations in our minds as we read. Analysis: what it is and how to do it Analysis is an ...

Metaphors, symbolism and vocabulary are deliberate choices made by a writer. Learn how to investigate language in fiction texts with BBC Bitesize KS3 English. How to investigate structure in ...