What are homophones? Is it who's or whose? Is it accept or except? Is it affect or effect? Is it bare with me or bear with me? It isn't entirely surprising that homophones are so often confused in ...

The final Scottish Set Text exam paper at National 5 focuses only on section one ('Part Wan') of the novel Duck Feet, covering Kirsty's First Year at school. Looking for some quick revision? Try an ...

In the first section of the Higher English Critical Reading assessment, you will be asked to comment on examples of language, such as word choice and imagery. Revise how to identify and analyse some ...

Synecdoche is a technique in which a part of something is made to represent the whole thing or the whole thing is made to represent a part. In Norman MacCaig's poem Visiting Hour, the speaker uses ...

In the Higher English Critical Reading assessment, you will be asked to comment on examples of language in an extract from a Scottish text you have previously studied (and elsewhere in the text).

Revise the set text poems by Edwin Morgan with these interactive quizzes in preparation for your National 5 English exam. Back to top Quiz - Death in Duke Street by Edwin Morgan Check your ...

Check your understanding of the poem Aunt Julia by Norman MacCaig with this interactive quiz for National 5 English. Check your understanding of the poem Hotel room, 12th floor by Norman MacCaig with ...

Revise the set texts by Carol Ann Duffy with these interactive quizzes in preparation for your National 5 English exam. Back to top Quiz - Before You Were Mine by Carol Ann Duffy Check your ...

Hyperbole is the deliberate use of exaggeration to emphasise a point. We feel like the person is in so much pain it feels like parts of their body have turned against them, and are causing so much ...