What is the difference between story and plot? What is the difference between plot summary and plot interpretation? How do you analyze the relationship between the main plot and a subplot? What are the purposes of literary elements and literary techniques? What are the writer’s literary devices and reader’s literary devices? How do you recognize and appreciate ways in which writer use language, structure and style to achieve his intended effects on the reader? How do you shift from mere appreciation of a literary text to critical literary appreciation? How do you engage in literary analysis & what is the purpose? What is the difference between topic and theme and how do you arrive at the theme? How do you compare the theme and the moral message? How do you develop an interpretation of a work of literature (drama, poetry and prose) and what is the purpose? How do you present critical appreciations or your individual responses to literary texts composed in different forms and in different periods and cultures? How do you know your individual response is valid? What are the differences between Critical Literary Appreciation, Literary Criticism, and Literary Theory? Why should there be a Literary theory at all?
bunPeiris’s lectures 2; Romeo and Juliet: Love and conflict How does Shakespeare introduce the themes of love and conflict in Act 1, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet?
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Question 1 is given a fully-fledged answer written in PEEL paragraph writing technique.
[ Point/Claim; Evidence in the form of quotation or paraphrases of Shakespearean language; Explanation of the evidence; Link the evidence and explanation to your point/claim].
Mercutio’s Queen Mab speech in “Romeo and Juliet” (Act 1, Scene 4) offers a rich exploration of illusion, particularly the illusory nature of life and human desires. His vivid, imaginative description of Queen Mab—a fairy who brings dreams to people—serves as a metaphor for the power of illusions and how dreams reflect the fantasies and aspirations of different individuals.
Read moreJ.B. Priestley uses Act 1 of An Inspector Calls to introduce and develop the theme of social responsibility, critiquing the selfishness of the upper class and emphasizing the interconnectedness of society. The play suggests that individuals must consider the impact of their actions on others, especially those less fortunate.
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Students need to bring in evidence in the form of quotations from the text of “To kill A Mockingbird”, explain the situation/encounter, and expand the given short answer to make it a fully-fledged essay-type answer written in PEEL [Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link] format.
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Essay-type interpretative questions with answers for the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE OL examination written in the PEEL format (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link), calls for answers ranging between 300-500 words:Essay-type interpretative questions
Read moreInferential questions on Romeo and Juliet are specially composed to extend a helping hand to the students sitting for Edexcel OL English Literature in 2025/2026 by bunPeiris of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Content: Inferential questions from Act1 and 2 of Romeo and Juliet with a guide to composing answers in PEEL (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link) format from Romeo and Juliet Acts 1 and 2.
Objective: to train students in answering inferential comprehension questions as part of the process of coaching them to compose interpretative responses for essay-type examination questions in Edexcel, OL English Literature 2025-2026
Stand Out Among the Literary Elite: Study English Language & Literature with bunPeiris. Cambridge, Edexcel, and Sri Lanka National English language and literature in English at Kandana or online with Zoom, PowerPoint presentations, and Google ClassroomsWhatsApp: 0777100060; e-mail: bunpeiris@gmail.com Who are you?I am bunPeiris. I am a schoolmaster of English language and English literature [in fact, it is literature in […]
Read moreUnseen TextLanguage, Form and Structure [2] Unseen Text: Sri Lanka National AL English II, Cambridge OL English Language 1123, Cambridge AS & A Language & Literature Written by bunPeiris How do you answer the questions given on unseen literary passage? An unseen text can be any of the following.[a] Literary passage, e.g. extract from fiction, drama, poetry, essay or biography.[b] […]
Read moreCambridge Assessment Streamlines Cambridge OL English Language 1123 Syllabus Furthermore to Cambridge AS & A Language & Literature. Written by bunPeiris Cambridge Assessment International Education, by encompassing another Assessment Objective [AO] that the students “demonstrate understanding of how writer achieve effects and influence readers”, (Cambridge Assessment International, Cambridge O Level English) now streamlines Cambridge OL English Language [1123] syllabus furthermore to […]
Read moreStudy Literatureto gain a Superior Command in English and to learn how to live. Written by bunPeiris The Cambridge O Level curriculum [*1] intimates us, “It develops learners’ skills in creative thinking, enquiry and problem solving and is structured so they build practical skills and theoretical knowledge. Indeed, better still is Cambridge AS & A Level curriculum [*2] that says […]
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Tuition: Cambridge Checkpoint English For Grade 6,7 & 8 Paving the way to an ‘A*’ in Cambridge OL & AL English Language bunpeiris Cut the path to Cambridge OL English Language [1*] beginning with grade 6 [Age 11-14]: plan for A* in Cambridge International examinations GCE Ordinary Level English Language. Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint test: English as a second language The […]
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Stand Out Among The Literary Elite: Study English Language & Literature with bunpeiris High quality intensive English language classes grade 6 onwards to OL & AL at Kandana Stand Out Among The Literary Elite: Study English Language & Literature with bunpeiris The students are supported with an outstanding private library of language study course books of all levels, Classics, literature, […]
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