Revision Notes

✏️ Essay Writing (Literature and Non-Fiction)

🔹 Key Skills:

  • Clear thesis statement.
  • Structured paragraphs (PEEL / PEE / PETAL).
  • Embedded short quotes (not long quotes).
  • Balance analysis of what is said and how it’s said.
  • Contextual understanding (esp. IB DP and Edexcel A-Level).

🔹 Revise:

  • Memorize key quotes for set texts (Things Fall Apart, Macbeth, An Inspector Calls, Poems Anthology, etc.).
  • Practice timed essays (40–45 minutes max).
  • Always link back to the question after every paragraph.